Table 2.
SWB and health random effects regression
| (1) | (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| VARIABLES | SWB | Health status |
| Fair | 0.570*** | |
| (0.160) | ||
| Good | 0.550*** | |
| (0.149) | ||
| Very Good | 0.803*** | |
| (0.156) | ||
| Excellent | 0.752*** | |
| (0.162) | ||
| Living with partner | -0.148 | 0.120 |
| (0.157) | (0.0778) | |
| Widow/Widower | -0.0322 | 0.0341 |
| (0.0932) | (0.0520) | |
| Divorced or separated | -0.264* | 0.0356 |
| (0.151) | (0.0828) | |
| Never Married | -0.252*** | 0.0312 |
| (0.0752) | (0.0426) | |
| Average income | 1.013*** | 0.0458 |
| (0.0625) | (0.0320) | |
| Above average income | 0.439*** | 0.229*** |
| (0.131) | (0.0567) | |
| Unimportant | 0.141 | -0.308*** |
| (0.224) | (0.102) | |
| Important | 0.198 | -0.241*** |
| (0.204) | (0.0886) | |
| Very important | 0.756*** | -0.0564 |
| (0.208) | (0.0899) | |
| Urban | 0.0877 | -0.136*** |
| (0.0644) | (0.0360) | |
| Number of children | -0.0122 | 0.0166 |
| (0.0199) | (0.0112) | |
| Household income | 0.238*** | 0.0103 |
| (0.0366) | (0.0179) | |
| Female | -0.0343 | -0.191*** |
| (0.0804) | (0.0449) | |
| Coloured | 0.637*** | -0.0800 |
| (0.118) | (0.0602) | |
| White | 1.435*** | 0.153 |
| (0.263) | (0.127) | |
| Primary | -0.147 | 0.0297 |
| (0.116) | (0.0614) | |
| Secondary | -0.0786 | 0.231*** |
| (0.121) | (0.0641) | |
| Matric | 0.0947 | 0.355*** |
| (0.147) | (0.0780) | |
| Post secondary | 0.164 | 0.350*** |
| (0.166) | (0.0867) | |
| Age | -0.0211** | -0.0262*** |
| (0.0103) | (0.00561) | |
| Age squared | 0.000248** | 3.14e-06 |
| (0.000105) | (5.72e-05) | |
| Unemployed Discouraged | 0.295* | 0.0574 |
| (0.162) | (0.0833) | |
| Unemployed Strict | 0.428*** | 0.0844* |
| (0.0913) | (0.0449) | |
| Employed | 0.317*** | 0.175*** |
| (0.0758) | (0.0369) | |
| Life satisfaction | 0.0295*** | |
| (0.00691) | ||
| Constant | 1.632*** | 4.525*** |
| (0.455) | (0.214) | |
| Observations | 4,912 | 4,912 |
| Number of pid | 1,423 | 1,423 |
Standard errors in parentheses *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1