Table 2.
The impact of informal caregiving on caregivers’ subjective well-being in the China family panel studies 2016, 2018,2020
| Variables | Subjective wellbeing | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordered logit | Fixed effects Ologit | Mixed effects Ologit | |
| Informal caregiving | 0.887*** (0.027) | 0.853** (0.070) | 0.870*** (0.0270) |
| Age | 0.994*** (0.001) | 0.906** (0.045) | 0.993*** (0.001) |
| Female | 1.006 (0.033) | N.A. | 1.047 (0.034) |
| Married | 1.545*** (0.037) | 1.905*** (0.336) | 1.582*** (0.037) |
| Urban | 0.957 (0.028) | 0.954 (0.189) | 0.931 (0.028) |
| Medical insurance | 1.094** (0.050) | 1.186 (0.152) | 1.117*** (0.045) |
| Secondary school | 0.732*** (0.025) | 0.643 (0.212) | 0.739*** (0.033) |
| College and above | 0.734*** (0.045) | 0.416 (0.376) | 0.794*** (0.043) |
| Working status | 0.998 (0.041) | 0.978 (0.136) | 0.994 (0.046) |
| Log of income per capita | 1.005 (0.004) | 1.004 (0.012) | 1.005 (0.004) |
| Chronic diseases | 0.518*** (0.046) | 0.742*** (0.093) | 0.519*** (0.046) |
| Smoking | 0.827*** (0.035) | 0.660*** (0.105) | 0.843*** (0.035) |
| Drinking | 0.979 (0.071) | 0.861 (0.110) | 0.958 (0.069) |
| Living with parents | 0.989 (0.072) | 0.978 (0.227) | 0.958 (0.069) |
| Having children | 0.517 (0.715) | 0.827 (0.961) | 0.613 (0.439) |
| Household size | 1.043*** (0.007) | 1.074** (0.037) | 1.029*** (0.007) |
| One of the parents still alive | 0.965 (0.033) | 0.883 (0.119) | 0.951 (0.032) |
| Pseudo R2 | 0.021 | 0.029 | - |
| Observations | 19,264 | 19,264 | 19,264 |
Note: *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. Odds Ratio are reported and robust standard errors are in brackets. These models controlled for the dummy variables of year and province