Table 5 Multivariate logistic regression of the SES-lifestyle relationship for different birth cohorts
Variable | In or before 1977 (N = 2409) | In or after 1978 (N = 521) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthy/mixed | Mixed/risky | Healthy/mixed | Mixed/risky | |||||
b | Exp(b) | b | Exp(b) | b | Exp(b) | b | Exp(b) | |
Constant | 1.010 | 8.711*** | 19.803** | 8.960 | ||||
Gender | − 4.347*** | .013 | − 4.138*** | .016 | − 3.690*** | .025 | − 3.745*** | .024 |
Age | − .040 | .961 | − .152*** | .859 | − 1.358*** | .257 | − .186 | .830 |
Age^2 | .074 | 1.076 | .165*** | 1.179 | 2.481* | 11.951 | .279 | 1.322 |
Residency | .406* | 1.501 | − .243 | .784 | .722* | 2.058 | .072 | 1.074 |
Education | ||||||||
College and above | 1.335*** | 3.799 | − .456 | .634 | 1.238 | 3.449 | − 1.533*** | .216 |
High school and equivalent | .560** | 1.750 | − .241 | .786 | .262 | 1.299 | − 1.864*** | .155 |
Middle school | .561** | 1.752 | − .067 | .935 | .680 | 1.975 | − .470 | .625 |
Occupational status | ||||||||
Managerial/professional employee | .735* | 2.085 | .170 | 1.185 | .185 | 1.203 | .045 | 1.046 |
Ordinary non-physical worker | .649* | 1.913 | − .043 | .958 | − .593 | .553 | − .567 | .567 |
Small business owner/individual businessman | .474 | 1.607 | .400 | 1.491 | .239 | 1.270 | .478 | 1.612 |
Foreman/skilled worker | .806** | 2.240 | .432 | 1.540 | − .092 | .912 | .020 | 1.020 |
Unskilled physical worker | .438* | 1.549 | − .202 | .817 | − .015 | .985 | − 1.101*** | .333 |
Natural log of annual income | .126 | 1.134 | − .143* | .867 | .034 | 1.035 | − .159 | .853 |
-2LL | 3650.639 | 830.968 | ||||||
Degrees of freedom | 26 | 26 | ||||||
Pseudo R2 (Cox and Snell) | .395 | .413 | ||||||
Prob > Chi2 | .000 | .000 | ||||||