Sun-Tanning Perceptions of a New Zealand Urban Population (1994–2005/6)

Table 2

Unadjusted and adjusted∗ odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for personal perceptions by sample characteristics.

	More healthy				Feel better				More attractive
	Unadjusted		Adjusted		Unadjusted		Adjusted		Unadjusted		Adjusted
			𝑛= 5,959				𝑛 = 5,985				𝑛 = 5,913
		𝑃=0.637		𝑃=0.524		𝑃=0.524		𝑃=0.633		𝑃=0.797		𝑃=0.023
Year (summer)
1994	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
1997	1.00	0.85, 1.17	1.03	0.87, 1.21	0.92	0.79, 1.08	0.95	0.80, 1.12	0.93	0.79, 1.10	0.98	0.83, 1.16
1999/2000	1.09	0.93, 1.28	1.23	1.04, 1.45	0.94	0.81, 1.11	1.07	0.91, 1.26	0.92	0.78, 1.08	1.11	0.93, 1.31
2002/2003	0.98	0.84, 1.15	1.08	0.91, 1.27	0.96	0.82, 1.13	1.06	0.90, 1.26	0.95	0.81, 1.11	1.13	0.95, 1.33
2005/2006	0.97	0.83, 1.14	1.11	0.94, 1.31	0.87	0.74, 1.02	1.02	0.87, 1.21	0.99	0.85, 1.16	1.28	1.08, 1.51
		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃=0.045		𝑃=0.016		𝑃=0.154		𝑃=0.066
City (N to S)
Auckland	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Hamilton	0.73	0.62, 0.86	0.71	0.60, 0.84	0.88	0.75, 1.03	0.84	0.71, 0.99	0.92	0.79, 1.08	0.90	0.77, 1.07
Wellington	0.82	0.70, 0.96	0.79	0.67, 0.93	0.91	0.78, 1.07	0.88	0.74, 1.03	0.97	0.83, 1.14	0.95	0.80, 1.12
Christchurch	0.71	0.60, 0.83	0.68	0.58, 0.81	0.78	0.67, 0.92	0.75	0.64, 0.88	0.83	0.70, 0.97	0.79	0.67, 0.93
Dunedin	0.81	0.69, 0.94	0.78	0.66, 0.92	0.91	0.77, 1.06	0.87	0.74, 1.03	0.90	0.77, 1.05	0.87	0.74, 1.03
		𝑃<0.001		𝑃=0.009		𝑃=0.066		𝑃=0.149		𝑃=0.001		𝑃=0.009
Sex
Male	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Female	0.84	0.76, 0.93	0.87	0.78, 0.97	0.91	0.82, 1.01	0.93	0.83, 1.03	0.85	0.77, 0.94	0.87	0.78, 0.97
		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001
Age group
15–19	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
20–29	1.01	0.84, 1.21	1.04	0.86, 1.25	0.83	0.69, 1.00	0.83	0.69, 1.01	0.91	0.76, 1.09	0.91	0.76, 1.10
30–39	0.84	0.70, 1.01	0.86	0.72, 1.03	0.71	0.59, 0.85	0.68	0.56, 0.82	0.68	0.57, 0.81	0.63	0.53, 0.76
40–49	0.85	0.71, 1.03	0.87	0.72, 1.06	0.63	0.52, 0.76	0.59	0.49, 0.72	0.60	0.50, 0.73	0.54	0.45, 0.66
50–59	0.72	0.59, 0.87	0.72	0.59, 0.88	0.61	0.50, 0.74	0.59	0.48, 0.72	0.52	0.43, 0.63	0.47	0.38, 0.57
60–69	0.62	0.50, 0.76	0.63	0.50, 0.79	0.48	0.38, 0.59	0.44	0.35, 0.55	0.39	0.31, 0.49	0.35	0.27, 0.44
		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001
Skin type
I	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
II	1.78	1.57, 2.02	1.75	1.54, 1.99	1.72	1.52, 1.95	1.71	1.51, 1.94	1.67	1.47, 1.89	1.64	1.44, 1.86
III	2.00	1.70, 2.34	2.03	1.72, 2.40	1.55	1.32, 1.81	1.66	1.41, 1.96	1.45	1.24, 1.70	1.53	1.29, 1.80
IV	1.00	0.62, 1.61	1.13	0.69, 1.84	0.96	0.61, 1.51	1.17	0.73, 1.87	0.74	0.45, 1.21	0.91	0.54, 1.51
		𝑃=0.825		𝑃=0.012		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001		𝑃<0.001
Ethnicity
NZ European	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Maori	0.98	0.80, 1.21	0.80	0.65, 0.99	0.82	0.67, 1.00	0.66	0.54, 0.82	0.82	0.67, 1.01	0.64	0.52, 0.79
Pacific	1.01	0.70, 1.47	0.72	0.49, 1.05	0.69	0.48, 0.98	0.48	0.33, 0.70	0.79	0.55, 1.14	0.53	0.36, 0.77
Asian	0.86	0.65, 1.13	0.67	0.50, 0.90	0.57	0.43, 0.75	0.45	0.34, 0.61	0.51	0.39, 0.69	0.37	0.27, 0.51
Other	0.85	0.49, 1.46	0.77	0.44, 1.34	0.66	0.38, 1.12	0.60	0.35, 1.04	0.50	0.28, 0.88	0.45	0.25, 0.80

∗Adjusted for all six ProTan scale components, that is, all those listed in Tables 2 and 3, inclusive.