Table 2.
Effect of widowhood on the elderly’s risk of disability.
| Variable | OLS | Logit | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Disability risk | Disability risk | Disability risk | Disability risk | |
| Widowhood | 0.090*** | 0.055** | 1.042*** | 0.693* |
| (0.012) | (0.024) | (0.150) | (0.358) | |
| Control variables | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Constant | 0.100*** | 1.556*** | ||
| (0.003) | (0.337) | |||
| N | 33,084 | 11,772 | 6,247 | 1,360 |
| R 2 | 0.003 | 0.049 | ||
*p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.