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. 2024 Aug 14;24:2213. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19676-3

Table 3.

Random effect regression for SWB stratified by age

 VARIABLES (1)
Youth
(2)
Adult
 (3)
Pensioner
Health Status .
 Fair

1.71***

(.442)

.321

(.226)

.615***

(.233)

 Good

1.219***

(.357)

.445**

(.213)

.618***

(.232)

 Very Good

1.61***

(.35)

.607***

(.218)

.624**

(.276)

 Excellent

1.534***

(.352)

.609***

(.229)

.895**

(.381)

Marital Status .
 Living with partner

-.427

(.287)

-.059

(.222)

-.027

(.399)

 Widow/Widower

-.31

(.408)

-.088

(.13)

.167

(.162)

 Divorced or separated

-1.126

(.761)

-.301*

(.178)

.161

(.269)

 Never Married

-.335**

(.142)

-.201*

(.105)

-.312

(.202)

Relative income .
 Average income

1.068***

(.111)

.999***

(.094)

.824***

(.136)

 Above average income

.702***

(.234)

.349*

(.184)

-.075

(.327)

Importance of religion .
 Unimportant

.333

(.312)

-.057

(.353)

-.02

(.823)

 Important

.178

(.271)

.194

(.329)

.011

(.769)

 Very important

.676**

(.279)

.852***

(.328)

.467

(.792)

Place of residence .
 Urban

-.005

(.102)

.018

(.096)

.445**

(.175)

 Number of children

-.122**

(.051)

0

(.028)

.013

(.04)

 Household income

.105*

(.061)

.316***

(.051)

.21*

(.123)

Gender .
 Female

.235*

(.125)

.029

(.132)

-.56**

(.216)

Ethnicity .
 Coloured

.948***

(.187)

.442**

(.173)

.137

(.335)

 White

2.642***

(.667)

.696**

(.27)

1.802***

(.596)

Education categories .
 primary

-.864*

(.499)

.032

(.167)

-.304*

(.169)

 secondary incomplete

-.887*

(.48)

.106

(.167)

-.092

(.204)

 Matric

-.79

(.496)

.352*

(.208)

.244

(.467)

 post-secondary

-.905*

(.519)

.449**

(.218)

.03

(.537)

Employment status .
 Unemployed Discouraged

.612**

(.249)

.125

(.226)

.607

(.994)

 Unemployed Strict

.731***

(.127)

.271*

(.157)

.186

(.597)

 Employed

.597***

(.128)

.266**

(.107)

.121

(.232)

 Constant

2.16***

(.776)

.558

(.565)

2.191*

(1.235)

 Mean dependent var 4.705 4.734       4.670
 Overall r-squared 0.180 0.210 0.146
 Chi-square  363.754 618.685 189.051
 R-squared within 0.099 0.077 0.077
 SD dependent var 2.127 2.218 2.106
 Number of observation  1628 2204 912
 Prob > chi2 0.000 0.000 0.000
 R-squared between 0.256 0.385 0.173

Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1