Health-Related Quality of Life Is Low in Secondary School Children in Fiji

Table 4

Unadjusted and adjusted odds for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the lowest quartile, in sociodemographic subgroups of 12–18-year-old school children in Fiji.

	HRQoL ≤ 25 percentile	Crude OR	95% CI	P	Adjusted^1 OR	95% CI	P
Sex
Reference: Boys	18.2%	1	2.78−3.57	0.000	1	2.50–3.24	0.000
Girls	30.7%	3.15			2.85
Age Group
Reference: 15–18 y	23.7%	1	0.91–1.17	0.656	1	0.93–1.24
12–14 y	27.5%	1.03			1.04		0.617
Ethnicity
Reference: Indo-Fijian	19.8%	1	2.24–2.89	0.000	1	1.72–2.30	0.000
Indigenous Fijian	31.6%	2.54			1.99
Reference: Other	20.4%	1	1.76–3.03	0.000	1	1.81–3.24	0.000
Indigenous Fijian	31.6%	2.31			2.42

OR: odds ratio.
CI: confidence interval.
¹Model includes: gender, age, ethnicity, household size, and family structure.