Table 6

Multilevel logistic analysis for self-reported health including only first-survey respondents (odds ratios and 95% confidence interval in parentheses; n = 3,898)

Fixed effects

Self-rated health (good/very good health)

Individual level variables

Age

0.98 (0.97-1.00)

Gender

Male

1.86 (0.24)***

Social class

High

1.76 (1.39-2.22)***

Employment status

Employed

0.75 (0.54-1.03)

Educational attainment

College or University equivalent degree

0.27 (0.19-0.38)**

Graduate school

0.55 (0.37-0.81)**

Marital status

Married

0.99 (0.70-1.41)

Widowed/divorced/separated

0.20 (0.05-0.75)*

Smoking

Yes

0.81 (0.60-1.07)

Drinking

Medium

1.07 (0.78-1.46)

Heavy

0.38 (0.24-0.61)***

Network source

1.22 (1.07-1.39)**

Organizational participation

High

1.94 (1.50-2.53)***

Area-level variables

Concentrated disadvantage

0.82 (0.52-1.30)

Organizational participation

0.86 (0.66-1.11)

Cross-level interactions

Individual×area organizational participation

0.37 (0.28-0.48)***

Random effects

Intra-class correlation null model

0.048

Intra-class correlation full model

0.030

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

The full model adjusted for the response rates of area.

Han et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2012 11:3   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-11-3