Table 2
Adjusted and unadjusted odds ratios relating socio-economic factors to overweight, by sex, household population aged 18 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004
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Women | Men | |||||||||||||||||
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Univariate | Multivariate† | Multilevel multivariate‡ | Univariate | Multivariate† | Multilevel multivariate‡ | |||||||||||||
Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | |||||||
from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | |||||||
Education | ||||||||||||||||||
Low | 2.17* | 1.69 | 2.77 | 1.89* | 1.42 | 2.51 | 1.76* | 1.40 | 2.21 | 1.18 | 0.88 | 1.58 | 1.25 | 0.90 | 1.74 | 0.95 | 0.68 | 1.34 |
Middle | 1.78* | 1.41 | 2.26 | 1.81* | 1.42 | 2.32 | 1.84* | 1.45 | 2.33 | 0.88 | 0.67 | 1.16 | 0.94 | 0.70 | 1.26 | 0.78 | 0.60 | 1.01 |
High§ | 1.00 | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | .. | 1.00 | ... | .. | 1.00 | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | ... |
Household income | ||||||||||||||||||
Lowest | 1.07 | 0.76 | 1.51 | 0.89 | 0.61 | 1.30 | 0.99 | 0.72 | 1.36 | 0.54* | 0.33 | 0.91 | 0.51* | 0.28 | 0.90 | 0.58* | 0.42 | 0.80 |
Lower-middle | 1.39* | 1.05 | 1.84 | 1.10 | 0.81 | 1.50 | 1.18 | 0.89 | 1.57 | 0.66* | 0.47 | 0.94 | 0.63* | 0.43 | 0.92 | 0.62* | 0.41 | 0.93 |
Upper-middle | 1.10 | 0.86 | 1.40 | 0.94 | 0.73 | 1.22 | 0.92 | 0.72 | 1.16 | 0.69* | 0.51 | 0.93 | 0.72* | 0.52 | 0.99 | 0.80 | 0.58 | 1.11 |
Highest§ | 1.00 | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | ... |
Area-level household income | ||||||||||||||||||
Lowest§ | 1.00 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | ... |
Lower-middle | 0.65* | 0.61 | 0.69 | ... | ... | ... | 1.48* | 1.24 | 1.78 | 0.83* | 0.75 | 0.91 | ... | ... | ... | 0.86* | 0.76 | 0.98 |
Upper-middle | 0.52* | 0.49 | 0.57 | ... | ... | ... | 0.65* | 0.55 | 0.78 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 1.16 | ... | ... | ... | 1.04 | 0.93 | 1.16 |
Highest | 0.62* | 0.59 | 0.66 | ... | ... | ... | 0.87 | 0.73 | 1.03 | 0.73* | 0.66 | 0.80 | ... | ... | ... | 0.74* | 0.65 | 0.84 |
† adjusted for household education, household income, age and age squared | ||||||||||||||||||
‡ adjusted for average area-level household income, household education, household income, age and age squared | ||||||||||||||||||
§ reference category | ||||||||||||||||||
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05) | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey: Nutrition. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, " Why does the social gradient in health not apply to overweight?", Health Reports, Vol. 19, No. 4, catalogue number 82-003-X. |
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