Table 4
Adjusted odds ratios relating social determinants to excellent/very good parent-/guardian-rated health, by Aboriginal identity, household population younger than age 6, Canada, 2006

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Table 4
Adjusted odds ratios relating social determinants to excellent/very good parent-/guardian-rated health, by Aboriginal identity, household population younger than age 6, Canada, 2006 .
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of chronic conditions, diagnosis and treatment. The information is grouped by First Nations living off reserve (n=4,772) (Adjusted odds ratio, 95% confidence interval(from, to)) and Métis (n=3,606) (Adjusted odds ratio, 95% confidence interval (from, to)) appearing as column headers,
  First Nations living off reserve (n=4,772) Métis (n=3,606)
Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Sex  
Boys 0.8Note* 0.7 1.0 0.8Note* 0.6 1.0
GirlsNote† 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Age in months § ... ... 1.0 1.0 1.0
Parent/Guardian education  
Less than secondary graduationNote† 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Secondary graduation or more 1.2Note* 1.0 1.5 1.1 0.8 1.4
Number of people involved in raising child  
1 0.6Note* 0.4 0.8 0.6Note* 0.4 0.8
2Note† 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
3 or more 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.6 1.0
Household sizeNote‡ 0.9Note* 0.8 0.9 § ... ...
Household incomeNote‡ 1.1Note* 1.0 1.1 1.2Note* 1.1 1.3
Number of times child moved (per year of age)Note‡ 0.9Note* 0.9 1.0 0.9Note* 0.9 1.0
Child breastfed  
Yes 1.5Note* 1.2 1.8 1.4Note* 1.1 1.8
NoNote† 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Food-secure household  
YesNote† 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
No 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.4 1.3
Smoking  
Regular smoker in home 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.7 1.1
No regular smoker in homeNote† 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Housing conditions  
Very satisfied/Satisfied 1.4Note* 1.2 1.8 1.5Note* 1.1 2.0
Dissatisfied/Very dissatisfiedNote† 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Community health facilities  
Excellent/Very good/Good 1.3Note* 1.1 1.6 1.6Note* 1.3 2.1
Fair/PoorNote† 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
† reference category
‡ continuous variable
§ because of non-significant univariate results, predictor not included in model
* significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)
... not applicable
Source: 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey.