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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2006 Jun;47(2):126–141. doi: 10.1177/002214650604700203

TABLE 2.

Ordered Probit Regression Estimates of Perceived Disability: Static and Changing Covariatesa

Static Covariates
Changing Covariates
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Total prevalent morbidity wave 1 .17 (.04)*** .15 (.04)*** .13 (.04)** .13 (.05)*
Total incident morbidity wave 1 to wave 4 .15 (.07)*
Cognitive impairment .03 (.09) .04 (.10) .02 (.15) .09 (.18)
Functional limitations .08 (.02)*** .07 (.02)*** .0 9 (.02)*** .18 (.03)***
Change in functional limitations wave 1 to wave 4 .23 (.02)***
Receives home health care .46 (.18)* .34 (.20) .25 (.23). −.09 (.27)
Stopped driving in past two years .67 (.16)*** .69 (.17)*** .49 (.20)* .32 (.23)
Health anxiety .59 (.07) *** .43 (.08)***
Depression −.004 (.01) −.001 (.16)
Self-rated health compared to others −.36 (.08)*** −.16 (.09) −.18 (.10)
Number of living children −.09 (.04)* −.08 (.04) −.07 (.05)
Widowed .10 (.14) .04 (.16) .07 (.18)
Satisfied with social life −.28 (.07) *** −.18 (.08)* −.21 (.11)
Change in satisfaction with social life in previous year −.16 (.10)
Frequency has a companion to call upon −.19 (.06)*** −.19 (.07)** −.13 (.11)
Change in frequency has a companion to call upon in previous year .08 (.08)
Age .01 (.01) .01 (.01) .01 (.02) −.01 (.02)
Female .01 (.12) .08 (.13) .13 (.15) .34 (.17)*
Education .02 (.04) −.001 (.05) .01 (.05) −.01 (.06)
Income −.03 (.02) −.02 (.02) −.01 (.02) .002 (.03)
Survival λ .24 (.32) −.10 (.37) −.31 (.43) −.31 (.47)
Log likelihood −516.44 −470.53 −348.21 −272.69
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001

a

Slope estimate (standard error).

Notes: Effective N = 662. All model estimates are adjusted for nonrandom attrition.