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