Table 2.

Unadjusted Happiness Linear Regression Models

Variables	B	Std. Error	Beta	p
Age (years) (Reference group: 60–64)
65–69	− 0.080	0.128	− 0.021	0.531
70–74	0.321	0.136	0.078	0.019
75 or over	0.292	0.143	0.066	0.042
Sex (Reference group: male)
Female	0.011	0.099	0.003	0.912
Marital status (Reference group: single)
Married	0.196	0.277	0.053	0.480
Widowed/divorced/separated	0.082	0.286	0.022	0.774
Educational attainment (Reference group: below primary)
Primary	− 0.003	0.133	− 0.001	0.982
Secondary	0.369	0.184	0.070	0.045
Post- secondary	0.846	0.252	0.106	0.001
Place of residence (Reference group: urban area
Rural	− 0.108	0.100	− 0.031	0.281
Self-rated health (Reference group: poor)
Moderate	0.463	0.124	0.132	< 0.001
Good/very good	0.971	0.126	0.274	< 0.001
Employment (Reference group: no paid work)
Paid work	− 0.232	0.100	− 0.067	0.020
Household chores (Reference group: no)
Yes	− 0.190	0.106	− 0.052	0.072
Home gardening (Reference group: no)
Yes	0.234	0.115	0.059	0.042
Financial satisfaction (Reference group: no)
Less	1.043	0.117	0.305	< 0.001
More/most satisfied	1.606	0.128	0.429	< 0.001
Having meals together with family (Never)
Some meals	− 0.053	0.107	− 0.016	0.617
Every meal	0.391	0.151	0.081	0.010
Food insecurity (score) (Reference group: food secure (0))
Moderate (1–3)	− 0.503	0.123	− 0.117	< 0.001
Severe (4–8)	− 0.990	0.170	− 0.168	< 0.001

p – p value; B – Unstandardized coefficient; Beta – Standardized beta coefficient