Table 2
Adjusted odds ratios relating community belonging to excellent or very good self-perceived general and mental health, household population aged 12 or older, Canada, 2005

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  Model 1
Excellent or very good self-perceived general health		 Model 2
Excellent or very good self-perceived general health controlling for mental health		 Model 3
Excellent or very good self-perceived mental health
Adjusted odds ratio‡ 95% confidence interval Adjusted odds ratio‡ 95% confidence interval Adjusted odds ratio‡ 95% confidence interval
Sense of community belonging
Very strong 1.8* 1.7 to 1.9 1.5* 1.4 to 1.7 2.2* 2.0 to 2.3
Somewhat strong 1.4* 1.3 to 1.5 1.2* 1.2 to 1.3 1.5* 1.4 to 1.6
Somewhat weak 1.1* 1.0 to 1.2 1.1 1.0 to 1.1 1.1* 1.0 to 1.2
Very weak† 1.0 ... 1.0 ... 1.0 ...
† reference category
‡ controlled for sex, age, marital status, presence of children in household, education, household income, home ownership, language spoken most often at home, cultural or racial group, percent urban composition in health region of residence, province or territory, employment status, smoking status, number of physical chronic conditions, and mood or anxiety disorder in past year
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05)
Data source: 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "Community belonging and self-perceived health", Health Reports, Vol. 19 No. 2, catalogue number 82-003-XWE.