TABLE 2.
Coefficients from Six Age-Stratified Regressions of Self-Rated Health on Functional Limitations: Americans’ Changing Lives, 1986
| Age Group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | 55–64 | 65–74 | 75+ | |
| Functional limitations (vs. no impairment) | ||||||
| Least severe | 1.494 | 1.197 | 1.202 | 1.004 | 0.744 | 0.422a |
| impairment | (0.247) | (0.195) | (0.215) | (0.120) | (0.099) | (0.126) |
| Moderately severe | 2.306 | 1.636 | 2.052 | 1.291 | 1.347 | 1.089a |
| impairment | (0.442) | (0.221) | (0.215) | (0.120) | (0.107) | (0.133) |
| Most severe | 2.038 | 2.379 | 1.848 | 1.606 | 1.610 | 1.281a |
| impairment | (0.314) | (0.273) | (0.275) | (0.151) | (0.140) | (0.151) |
| N | 740 | 591 | 390 | 685 | 765 | 446 |
| Functional | 1.06 | 1.11 | 1.19 | 1.45 | 1.54 | 2.02 |
| limitations mean | ||||||
Note: Coefficients are from models regressing self-rated health on dummy variables for functional limitations and race/ethnicity (coefficients for race/ethnicity not shown). Coefficients are unstandardized. Standard errors are in parentheses. All coefficients significantly different from zero at p < .05.
a
Test of linear trend between age groups (i.e., age × illness interactions) significant at p < .05.