Table 5.
Zero-inflated poisson regression for number of public clinic visits.
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| Variables | Coefficient | Standard error | Coefficient | Standard error |
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| Successful Ageing | −0.249 *** | 0.083 | — | — |
| No Major Disease | — | — | −0.147 *** | 0.043 |
| No ADL Disability | — | — | −0.139 ** | 0.061 |
| High Cognitive Functioning | — | — | −0.051 | 0.047 |
| High Physical Functioning | — | — | −0.056 | 0.043 |
| Actively Engaged | — | — | 0.002 | 0.044 |
| Female | 0.044 | 0.060 | 0.015 | 0.068 |
| Contemporary variables | ||||
| Age (Base: 40 – 50) | ||||
| - 51 – 60 | 0.216 *** | 0.068 | 0.159 ** | 0.074 |
| - 61 – 70 | 0.221 *** | 0.071 | 0.164 ** | 0.075 |
| - 71 or older | 0.180 ** | 0.071 | 0.119 | 0.076 |
| Education (Base: No education) | ||||
| - Low | 0.053 | 0.045 | 0.059 | 0.051 |
| - Medium | 0.028 | 0.062 | 0.034 | 0.068 |
| - High | −0.144 | 0.097 | −0.092 | 0.105 |
| Childhood conditions | ||||
| - Parents together when born | 0.103 | 0.083 | 0.106 | 0.092 |
| - Father attended school | 0.086 | 0.061 | 0.070 | 0.066 |
| - Child health rating | 0.005 | 0.017 | 0.023 | 0.018 |
| Number of observations | 4176 | 3458 | ||
Note: Robust standard errors are reported. The regressions also control for marital status, employment status, living alone, household expenditure, smoking, alcohol consumption and BMI.
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- significant at the 1% level
**
- significant at the 5% level
*
- significant at the 10% level.