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. 2023 May 7:1–31. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1057/s41295-023-00347-3

Table 5.

The effect of multimorbidity on participation forms

Turnout Contacting politicians Working in a party Working in an association
Multimorbidity index 0.026 0.146** 0.061* 0.136**
(0.018) (0.018) (0.026) (0.028)
Multimorbidity * Age interaction −0.008 −0.016** −0.006 −0.020**
(0.004) (0.003) (0.005) (0.005)
Age 1.893** −0.099 −0.473 −0.525
(0.212) (0.470) (0.289) (0.295)
Age * Age −0.280** 0.064 0.125* 0.139*
(0.046) (0.088) (0.055) (0.055)
Age * Age * Age 0.014** −0.005 −0.009** −0.010**
(0.003) (0.005) (0.003) (0.003)
Female −0.011 −0.204** −0.251** −0.150**
(0.020) (0.028) (0.050) (0.022)
Education 0.652** 0.680** 0.749** 0.865**
(0.141) (0.066) (0.101) (0.073)
Studying −0.248** 0.047 0.073 0.195**
(0.088) (0.042) (0.076) (0.051)
Unemployed −0.253** −0.063* 0.068 −0.171**
(0.050) (0.031) (0.086) (0.038)
Retired 0.168** −0.111** −0.047 −0.057
(0.063) (0.032) (0.098) (0.072)
Other −0.080** −0.076 0.086 −0.106**
(0.029) (0.048) (0.061) (0.036)
Children at home −0.091** 0.067 0.021 0.025
(0.032) (0.048) (0.031) (0.035)
Living in suburbs of big city 0.004 0.024 −0.101** −0.051
(0.024) (0.025) (0.032) (0.034)
Living in small city −0.034 0.042 −0.087 0.020
(0.025) (0.066) (0.049) (0.061)
Living in village 0.010 0.173* −0.096 0.023
(0.026) (0.076) (0.084) (0.089)
Living in countryside −0.030 0.147* 0.021 0.105
(0.044) (0.063) (0.090) (0.088)
Coping on present income −0.131** −0.083* −0.050 −0.159**
(0.021) (0.035) (0.040) (0.011)
Difficult on present income −0.325** −0.105* −0.104** −0.249**
(0.033) (0.053) (0.032) (0.059)
Very difficult on present income −0.440** −0.026 −0.169 −0.301**
(0.039) (0.092) (0.105) (0.094)
Not born in country −0.956** −0.120 −0.063 −0.071
(0.122) (0.066) (0.103) (0.045)
Divorced −0.353** −0.052 −0.016 −0.083**
(0.021) (0.049) (0.069) (0.024)
Widow −0.187** −0.052 −0.083 0.015
(0.053) (0.052) (0.115) (0.061)
Never married −0.132** −0.164** −0.057 −0.078
(0.040) (0.038) (0.064) (0.045)
Intercept −4.616** −3.084** −3.137** −2.666**
(0.233) (0.660) (0.510) (0.452)
Country level variance 0.082 0.022 0.048 0.147
(0.026) (0.011) (0.018) (0.035)
N 34,299 34,505 34,507 33,329
Wearing a badge Signing petitions Demonstrations Boycotting
Multimorbidity index 0.165** 0.169** 0.135** 0.102**
(0.023) (0.027) (0.016) (0.027)
Multimorbidity * Age interaction −0.022** −0.020** −0.022** −0.007
(0.004) (0.005) (0.003) (0.004)
Age −0.388 0.490** 0.121 0.573**
(0.270) (0.091) (0.210) (0.145)
Age * Age 0.087 −0.064** 0.001 −0.061
(0.053) (0.019) (0.050) (0.031)
Age * Age * Age −0.005 0.002 −0.001 0.001
(0.003) (0.001) (0.003) (0.002)
Female −0.002 0.027 −0.095** 0.059*
(0.032) (0.016) (0.009) (0.030)
Education 0.552** 0.896** 0.576** 0.795**
(0.069) (0.058) (0.042) (0.062)
Studying 0.114* 0.082 0.128* 0.158*
(0.057) (0.053) (0.051) (0.064)
Unemployed −0.077 −0.081 −0.003 0.011
(0.044) (0.056) (0.070) (0.038)
Retired −0.167** 0.039 −0.110* −0.045
(0.046) (0.069) (0.048) (0.076)
Other −0.124* −0.039 −0.149* −0.045
(0.062) (0.037) (0.072) (0.028)
Children at home −0.093** −0.020 −0.060 −0.037
(0.015) (0.031) (0.036) (0.031)
Living in suburbs of big city −0.098** −0.018 −0.306** −0.111*
(0.035) (0.037) (0.046) (0.056)
Living in small city −0.107** −0.120** −0.311** −0.180**
(0.040) (0.026) (0.061) (0.060)
Living in village −0.127** −0.144** −0.483** −0.225*
(0.037) (0.045) (0.047) (0.090)
Living in countryside −0.191* −0.188** −0.511** −0.074
(0.082) (0.048) (0.081) (0.089)
Coping on present income −0.091** −0.060 −0.038 −0.109**
(0.025) (0.041) (0.028) (0.042)
Difficult on present income −0.060 −0.172** −0.032 −0.057
(0.056) (0.038) (0.023) (0.041)
Very difficult on present income −0.181* −0.206* −0.090 −0.167
(0.081) (0.083) (0.055) (0.106)
Not born in country −0.123 −0.287** 0.040 −0.131**
(0.085) (0.091) (0.093) (0.047)
Divorced 0.108 0.034 0.096 −0.067**
(0.081) (0.042) (0.063) (0.022)
Widow −0.001 −0.089 −0.176 −0.139**
(0.071) (0.050) (0.098) (0.054)
Never married −0.078 0.004 0.078 0.038
(0.086) (0.049) (0.099) (0.043)
Intercept −2.243** −3.760** −2.942** −4.147**
(0.209) (0.247) (0.234) (0.216)
Country level variance 0.079 0.108 0.150 0.192
(0.025) (0.041) (0.062) (0.061)
N 34,506 34,448 34,514 34,428