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
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.