Table 2

Educational inequalities in HRQOL (MCS/PCS) and poor SRH in men and women, stratified by life stage, GSOEP 2002–2016

Life stage	Education	MCS			PCS		Poor SRH
Life stage	Education	n	Coef.	95% CI	Coef.	95% CI	OR	n	95% CI
Men
All ages	Low	13 902	−0.85***	−1.31 to −0.40	−4.07***	−4.53 to −361	1.66***	30 102	1.50 to 1.84
	Medium	6857	−0.48*	−0 98 to 0.02	−2.40***	−2.88 to −1.92	1.21**	14 604	1.08 to 1.37
	High	8578	1		1		1	17 640
Later working life (50–64 years)	Low	6050	−0.40	−0.99 to 0.19	−4.59***	−5.17 to −4.00	1.90***	13 042	1.65 to 2.17
	Medium	4501	−0.42	−1.01 to 0.18	−2.70***	−3.26 to −2.15	1.28**	9590	1.11 to 1.48
	High	5008	1		1		1	10 411
Young seniors (65–79 years)	Low	6727	−1.23***	−1.89 to −0.57	−3.49***	−4.19 to −2.79	1.51***	14 484	1.30 to 1.75
	Medium	2031	−0.25	−1.05 to 0.55	−1.89***	−2.76 to −1.03	1.15	4278	0.96 to 1.39
	High	3140	1		1		1	6244
Old age (80+ yr)	Low	1125	−2.25*	−4.14 to −0.36	−2.29**	−4.01 to −0.57	1.42*	2576	1.05 to 1.11
	Medium	325	−1.42	−3.40 to 0.55	−1.31	−3.42 to 0.79	1.20	736	0.83 to 1.74
	High	430	1		1		1	985
Women
All ages	Low	16 251	−1.10***	−1.64 to −0.57	−3.31***	−3.84 to −2.77	1.56***	35 521	1.40 to 1.75
	Medium	9544	−0.21	−0.74 to 0.33	−1.76***	−2.29 to −1.22	1.19**	20 149	1.06 to 1.34
	High	5970	1		1		1	12 599
Later working life (50–64 year)	Low	6347	−0.50	−1.16 to 0.17	−3.67***	−4.32 to −3.02	1.54***	13 665	1.34 to 1.76
	Medium	6494	0.50	−0.57 to 0.67	−1.91***	−2.52 to −1.32	1.10	13 609	0.96 to 1.26
	High	4103	1		1		1	8561
Young seniors (65–79 years)	Low	7880	−2.64***	−3.47 to −1.80	−3.16***	−4.08 to −2.24	1.77***	17 176	1.48 to 2.12
	Medium	2590	−1.04*	−1.97 to −0.12	−1.81**	−2.83 to −0.78	1.39**	5519	1.14 to 1.70
	High	1615	1		1		1	3422
Old age (80+ years)	Low	2024	−3.87***	−5.99 to −1.74	−1.02	−3.00 to 0.96	1.43*	4680	1.04 to 1.08
	Medium	460	−1.65	−4.08 to −0.77	1.54	−0.74 to 3.82	1.08	1021	0.76 to 6.21
	High	252	1		1		1	616

Adjusted for age, nationality, living with partner and equivalised net income.
Significant values are written in bold.
*P<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
Coef., coefficient; GSOEP, German Socio-Economic Panel; HRQOL, health-related quality of life; MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary; SRH, self-rated health.