Table 4.
Random effect regression for SWB stratified by gender
| VARIABLES | (1) Female |
(2) Male |
|---|---|---|
| Health Status | ||
| Fair |
.673*** (.178) |
.11 (.346) |
| Good |
.624*** (.164) |
.186 (.335) |
| Very Good |
.932*** (.172) |
.327 (.346) |
| Excellent |
.838*** (.182) |
.349 (.349) |
| Marital Status | ||
| Living with partner |
-.083 (.194) |
-.281 (.267) |
| Widow/Widower |
.022 (.102) |
-.041 (.301) |
| Divorced or separated |
-.185 (.176) |
-.399 (.296) |
| Never Married |
-.148 (.091) |
-.473*** (.144) |
| Relative income | ||
| Average income |
.972*** (.074) |
1.086*** (.115) |
| Above average income |
.671*** (.162) |
.046 (.217) |
| Importance of religion | ||
| Unimportant |
-.604 (.4) |
.407 (.266) |
| Important |
-.433 (.356) |
.356 (.243) |
| Very important |
.098 (.357) |
1.017*** (.256) |
| Place of residence | ||
| Urban |
.061 (.081) |
.093 (.108) |
| Number of children |
-.009 (.022) |
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| Household income |
.255*** (.045) |
.202*** (.064) |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Coloured |
.727*** (.147) |
.41** (.195) |
| White |
1.521*** (.273) |
1.14 (.739) |
| Education categories | ||
| primary |
-.06 (.133) |
-.368 (.231) |
| secondary incomplete |
-.053 (.14) |
-.189 (.237) |
| Matric |
.003 (.177) |
.165 (.269) |
| post-secondary |
.155 (.198) |
.085 (.307) |
| Age |
-.019 (.013) |
-.038** (.017) |
| Age Squared |
0 (0) |
0** (0) |
| Employment status | ||
| Unemployed Discouraged |
.287 (.193) |
.39 (.282) |
| Unemployed Strict |
.465*** (.11) |
.367** (.162) |
| Employed |
.336*** (.094) |
.338*** (.129) |
| Constant |
1.882*** (.619) |
2.774*** (.76) |
| Mean dependent var | 4.702 | 4.724 |
| Overall r-squared | 0.180 | 0.179 |
| Chi-square | 736.275 | . |
| R-squared within | 0.081 | 0.081 |
| SD dependent var | 2.150 | 2.191 |
| Number of observation | 3291 | 1621 |
| Prob > chi2 | 0.000 | . |
| R-squared between | 0.333 | 0.302 |
Standard errors in parentheses *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1