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. 2023 Jan 31;61(6):446–454. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2022-0194

Table 5. Results of fixed-effects logistic models assessing health checkups and recommended doctor visits.

Health checkups Doctor visits


OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Social activities 1.19 (1.15–1.22) 1.15 (1.08–1.23)
Job status (ref.=regular employees)
Non-regular employees 0.47 (0.45–0.49) 1.03 (0.96–1.10)
Self-employed workers 0.31 (0.29–0.33) 1.12 (0.98–1.28)
Family workers and others 0.30 (0.28–0.32) 0.98 (0.86–1.11)
Non-workers 0.20 (0.19–0.21) 1.05 (0.97–1.14)
Poor self-rated health 1.14 (1.08–1.21) 1.68 (1.51–1.87)
Smoking 0.91 (0.86–0.96) 0.61 (0.55–0.68)
Heavy alcohol consumption 0.96 (0.89–1.04) 0.86 (0.76–0.97)
Married 0.96 (0.89–1.03) 0.98 (0.85–1.14)
Household spending (ref.=1st quartile)
Second quartile 1.01 (0.98–1.05) 1.00 (0.94–1.07)
Third quartile 1.06 (1.02–1.10) 0.98 (0.91–1.05)
Fourth quartile 1.07 (1.02–1.11) 0.97 (0.90–1.05)
Not answered 1.02 (0.97–1.07) 0.83 (0.76–0.92)

Social activities Marginal effect
0.033
95% CI
(0.027–0.039)
Marginal effect
0.033
95% CI
(0.018–0.048)

Observations 232,615 67,578
Individuals 19,999 10,203

Further controlled for individual- and wave-level fixed effects, and used individual-level clustered standard errors.

OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval.