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Table 2 Percentage of people that rated their health as fair or poor according to age, period, and cohort for different income levels, as well as odds ratios of the odds for fair or poor in first quantiles to ones in fourth income quantilesa

From: Socioeconomic status and self-rated health of Japanese people, based on age, cohort, and period

 

First quartile

Second/Third quartile

Fourth quartile

Odds ratio

Age

    

 20–24

0.6

0.3

0.3

2.01

 25–29

0.8

0.8

0.6

1.34

 30–34

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.16

 35–39

2.7

1.9

1.9

1.43

 40–44

4.0

2.6

2.8

1.44

 45–49

7.0

4.7

4.5

1.60

 50–54

9.4

7.0

6.7

1.44

 55–59

13.4

10.5

9.8

1.42

 60–64

20.0

17.9

16.9

1.23

 65–69

27.3

26.4

25.4

1.10

 70–74

40.7

41.1

38.8

1.08

 75–79

51.9

53.4

52.6

0.97

 80–84

55.6

58.5

57.4

0.93

 85–89

58.0

57.7

59.5

0.94

 90–94

56.8

59.2

59.1

0.91

Period

    

 1986

11.5

7.7

7.7

1.56

 1989

13.8

8.6

8.1

1.82

 1992

14.7

8.7

7.9

2.01

 1995

15.4

9.7

8.9

1.86

 1998

19.2

12.6

10.9

1.94

 2001

21.5

15.3

13.1

1.82

 2004

25.0

17.6

14.6

1.95

 2007

22.2

15.5

12.0

2.09

 2010

22.8

16.8

13.2

1.94

 2013

27.5

21.1

16.8

1.88

Birth cohort

    

 1895–1899

37.9

33.7

41.8

0.85

 1900–1904

43.3

44.0

45.6

0.91

 1905–1909

46.7

47.6

48.2

0.94

 1910–1914

46.8

47.9

48.7

0.93

 1915–1919

42.6

42.2

43.4

0.97

 1920–1924

38.9

36.3

35.3

1.17

 1925–1929

33.7

32.1

27.3

1.35

 1930–1934

29.5

26.1

18.6

1.83

 1935–1939

23.9

19.5

13.2

2.07

 1940–1944

16.8

12.6

9.6

1.90

 1945–1949

10.1

7.3

7.6

1.36

 1950–1954

6.3

4.6

5.7

1.11

 1955–1959

3.8

2.8

4.3

0.88

 1960–1964

2.9

2.2

2.7

1.08

 1965–1969

2.7

1.7

1.6

1.71

 1970–1974

1.6

1.4

1.1

1.46

 1975–1979

1.6

1.2

1.0

1.61

 1980–1984

1.2

0.9

0.9

1.34

 1985–1990

1.0

0.7

0.6

1.67

Total

18.3

12.4

10.7

1.87

  1. aAdjusted self-rated health was used in this table. Percentages were values without adjustment for age differences, period differences, cohort differences, or individual-level control variables