Table 3

The relationship between the level of urbanisation and the odds of reporting fair or poor health moderated by education

VariablesModel 3 (IV: land-use conversion)Model 4 (IV: logarithm
GDP per capita)		Model 5 (IV: logarithm population density)Model 6 (IV: health institutional beds per 1000 population)
OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)
The level of urbanisation in 20050.98 (0.96 to 1.00)*0.95 (0.88 to 1.02)0.84 (0.79 to 0.89)***1.05 (1.01 to 1.09)*
The rate of urbanisation from 2000 to 20050.92 (0.87 to 0.98)*0.98 (0.88 to 1.08)0.73 (0.58 to 0.92)**0.79 (0.58 to 1.08)
Education (ref: no schooling)
 Elementary school or junior high school0.69 (0.67 to 0.70)***0.69 (0.67 to 0.70)***0.69 (0.67 to 0.70)***0.69 (0.67 to 0.70)***
 Senior high school0.59 (0.56 to 0.62)***0.59 (0.56 to 0.62)***0.59 (0.56 to 0.62)***0.59 (0.55 to 0.62)***
 College or above0.53 (0.50 to 0.57)***0.54 (0.50 to 0.58)***0.53 (0.50 to 0.57)***0.55 (0.51 to 0.59)***
The level of urbanisation * education (ref: level * no schooling)
 Level* elementary school or junior high school1.02 (1.02 to 1.03)***1.08 (1.05 to 1.12)***1.08 (1.05 to 1.10)***1.04 (1.02 to 1.05)***
 Level* senior high school1.04 (1.03 to 1.05)***1.19 (1.11 to 1.26)***1.19 (1.13 to 1.26) ***1.07 (1.04 to 1.10)***
 Level* college or above1.03 (1.02 to 1.05)***1.14 (1.05 to 1.24)**1.19 (1.11 to 1.28)***1.04 (1.00 to 1.07)*

  • All models have been adjusted for individual covariates shown in table 2.

  • *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.

  • GDP, gross domestic product.