Table 2 Factors associated with odds of better self-reported health

Primary predictors

 Family support with various aspects of daily life (ref = no)

  Yes

1.43 (1.05–2.08)^*

1.56 (0.94–2.61)

 Family assistance with activities of daily living (ref = no)

  Yes

2.40 (1.76–3.29)^***

3.93 (2.58–5.98)^***

Control variables

 Age

0.93 (0.91–0.95)^***

0.91 (0.89–0.94)^***

 Sex (ref = male)

  Female

1.12 (0.83–1.52)

0.94 (0.61–1.45)

 Marital status (ref = without partner^b)

  Married

2.40 (1.72–3.34)^***

2.04 (1.35–3.10)^***

 Education (ref = no education)

  Non-formal education

0.71 (0.52–0.99)^*

0.49 (0.32–0.76)^**

  Formal education

0.68 (0.42–1.10)

0.46 (0.24–0.86)^*

 Religion (ref = non-Hindu)

  Hindu

0.20 (0.06–0.65)^**

0.10 (0.03–0.41)^**

 Ethnicity (ref = upper caste groups)

  Dalit and religious minority caste groups

1.00 (0.62–1.62)

0.54 (0.28–1.03)

  Disadvantaged caste groups

1.68 (1.12–2.52)^*

1.37 (0.81–2.32)

 Occupation (ref = unemployed)

  Agriculture

1.12 (0.74–1.70)

1.03 (0.56–1.89)

  Business or employed

1.62 (0.93–2.81)

1.32 (0.63–2.77)

  Retired and others

0.73 (0.51–1.04)

0.53 (0.32–0.86)^*

 Family structure (ref = nuclear)

  Multigenerational

0.82 (0.55–1.22)

0.56 (0.34–0.89)^*

 District of residence (ref = Sunsari)

  Morang

1.30 (0.96–1.74)

1.57 (1.02–2.43)^*

 Morbidity (ref = no morbidity)

  Single morbidity

0.48 (0.32–0.71)^***

0.52 (0.35–0.78)^**

  Multiple morbidities

0.72 (0.51–1.01)

0.40 (0.24–0.65)^***