Table 6.
Random effect regression for SWB stratified by relative income
| VARIABLES | (1) Above average |
(2) Average income |
(3) Below average income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Status | |||
| Fair |
.796 (.602) |
.682** (.315) |
.519*** (.196) |
| Good |
.439 (.552) |
.874*** (.302) |
.423** (.177) |
| Very Good |
1.029* (.554) |
.884*** (.315) |
.813*** (.187) |
| Excellent |
.483 (.55) |
.801** (.325) |
.869*** (.197) |
| Marital Status | |||
| Living with partner |
.415 (.745) |
-.727** (.3) |
.009 (.195) |
| Widow/Widower |
.085 (.397) |
-.168 (.156) |
.057 (.122) |
| Divorced or separated |
.097 (.571) |
-.281 (.244) |
-.252 (.21) |
| Never Married |
-.838*** (.297) |
-.357*** (.123) |
-.121 (.103) |
| Importance of religion | |||
| Unimportant |
-.298 (.918) |
-.684* (.402) |
.331 (.265) |
| Important |
-.286 (.808) |
-.981*** (.366) |
.576** (.235) |
| Very important |
.702 (.822) |
-.329 (.37) |
.963*** (.239) |
| Place of residence | |||
| Urban |
-.201 (.263) |
.461*** (.106) |
-.077 (.085) |
| Number of children |
-.074 (.09) |
.01 (.035) |
-.029 (.024) |
| Household income |
.19 (.149) |
.094 (.058) |
.308*** (.048) |
| Gender | |||
| Female |
.61* (.329) |
-.178 (.128) |
-.009 (.107) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Coloured |
1.224*** (.427) |
.286* (.159) |
.75*** (.197) |
| White |
1.756*** (.484) |
1.058*** (.304) |
2.119 (1.387) |
| Education categories | |||
| primary |
.724 (.502) |
-.252 (.197) |
-.114 (.141) |
| secondary incomplete |
.338 (.478) |
-.044 (.211) |
-.055 (.147) |
| Matric |
1.346** (.564) |
.218 (.244) |
-.069 (.191) |
| post-secondary |
1.713*** (.584) |
.127 (.25) |
-.232 (.276) |
| Age |
-.125** (.054) |
-.036** (.016) |
.002 (.013) |
| Age Squared |
.001* (.001) |
0** (0) |
0 (0) |
| Employment status | |||
| Unemployed Discouraged |
.882 (.986) |
.809*** (.233) |
.014 (.217x) |
| Unemployed Strict |
.561 (.497) |
.459*** (.163) |
.396*** (.111) |
| Employed |
.358 (.319) |
.386*** (.117) |
.294*** (.104) |
| Constant |
4.705** (1.959) |
5.08*** (.78) |
.281 (.564) |
| Mean dependent var | 5.079 | 5.513 | 4.134 |
| Overall r-squared | 0.340 | 0.119 | 0.073 |
| Chi-square | 251.230 | 239.323 | 210.004 |
| R-squared within | 0.213 | 0.036 | 0.055 |
| SD dependent var | 2.431 | 1.997 | 2.051 |
| Number of obs | 354 | 1806 | 2752 |
| Prob > chi2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| R-squared between | 0.339 | 0.162 | 0.118 |
Standard errors in parentheses *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1