Profiles of subjective health among people living alone: a latent class analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Linear regression models predicting quality of life (EUROHIS-QOL8), n = 809. Estimates in bold: p < .05. CI = compatibility interval

		Unadjusted (R² = .43)			Adjusted (R² = .48)
Explanatory variable	(Category)	b	95% CI	p	b	95% CI	p
Latent group (ref. Healthy)	Languishing	−1.26	[−1.68; −0.85]	<.001	− 1.13	[− 1.51; − 0.75]	<.001
	Managing	− 0.59	[− 0.69; − 0.48]	<.001	− 0.56	[− 0.66; − 0.45]	<.001
	Flourishing	0.42	[0.32; 0.52]	<.001	0.39	[0.29; 0.49]	<.001
Gender (male vs female)					−0.02	[− 0.11; 0.08]	.744
Age group (ref. < 30 years)	30–64 years				−0.02	[− 0.18; 0.15]	.836
Age group (ref. < 30 years)	> 65 years				0.15	[−0.08; 0.37]	.203
Marital status (ref. Single)	Married/cohabiting				−0.03	[−0.23; 0.17]	.776
	Divorced/separated				−0.01	[− 0.12; 0.09]	.800
	Widowed				0.13	[0.01; 0.26]	.032
Employment status (ref. employed/studying)	Unemployed				−0.33	[− 0.5; − 0.16]	<.001
Employment status (ref. employed/studying)	Retired/other				−0.09	[− 0.25; 0.08]	.298
In a relationship (vs not)					0.08	[−0.05; 0.21]	.205
Education level (ref. Primary)	Secondary				−0.02	[− 0.14; 0.1]	.717
Education level (ref. Primary)	Tertiary				0.07	[− 0.03; 0.18]	.175
Region (NUTS2; ref. South Finland)	Helsinki-Uusimaa				0.02	[−0.1; 0.14]	.730
	West Finland				0.03	[−0.08; 0.14]	.617
	East & North Finland				0.06	[−0.07; 0.19]	.378
Urbanicity (ref. City/town centre)	City/town suburb				0.04	[−0.06; 0.14]	.426
	Population centre in a rural area				−0.08	[− 0.21; 0.05]	.220
	Sparsely populated rural area				−0.13	[−0.28; 0.03]	.102

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