An exploration of the sociodemographic and health conditions associated with self-rated wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults

Table 2 Self-rated wellbeing score^a in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults (n = 662^b), adjusted^{c, d} for patient characteristics (Model 1)

Variable	Coefficient	95% CI	p-value
Constant (overall mean score)	70.3	62.9 to 79.7	< 0.001
Age group (referent: 45–59 years)
18–29 years	2.1	− 3.7 to 7.9	0.48
30–44 years	5.2	0.8 to 9.7	0.02
60 + years	11.0	5.5 to 16.5	< 0.001
Relationship status (referent: partnered)
Single	− 4.6	− 8.6 to − 0.6	0.03
Other	− 7.0	− 17.2 to 3.1	0.17
Household size^b (referent: sole occupier)
2 people	3.9	− 1.7 to 9.5	0.17
3 people	4.3	− 1.6 to 10.1	0.15
4 people	8.9	2.4 to 15.4	0.01
5 + people	7.5	1.2 to 13.8	0.02
Highest level of education (referent: grade 10 or below)
Grade 12	8.1	2.0 to 14.2	0.01
TAFE/trade certificate	3.5	− 1.3 to 8.3	0.15
University	5.0	− 0.1 to 10.0	0.05
Employment status (referent: fulltime employment)
Casual employment	− 6.3	− 13.7 to 1.1	0.10
Part-time employment	− 6.2	− 12.0 to − 0.3	0.04
Not working	− 6.8	− 11.5 to − 2.2	< 0.01
Student	− 7.5	− 16.4 to − 1.4	0.01
Other	− 10.2	− 20.2 to − 0.1	0.05
Financial situation (referent: more than enough money)
Just enough money	− 5.3	− 9.7 to − 0.9	0.02
Not enough money	− 7.6	− 12.6 to − 2.6	< 0.01
Physical comorbidities (referent: nil physical comorbidities)
1–2	4.2	− 0.4 to 8.9	0.07
3–4	0.2	− 5.4 to 5.7	0.96
5–6	0.7	− 6.0 to 7.4	0.84
7 +	− 8.2	− 15.5 to − 1.0	0.03
Mental health comorbidities (referent: nil mental health)
Any mental health	− 11.9	− 15.6 to − 8.2	< 0.001

CI confidence interval
^aSelf-rated wellbeing assessed using a wellbeing visual analogue scale (VAS)
^bExcluded outlier (n = 1)
^cUsing multiple linear regression
^dFurther adjusted for survey time (first round: Oct–Nov 2019 and second round: Aug-Sept 2020)

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