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. 2005 Sep;83(3):397–423. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00407.x

TABLE 5.

Random- and Fixed-Effects Regressions of Self-Rated Health on Functional Limitations × Age Interactions: Americans’ Changing Lives, 1986, 1989, 1994

Model 1 Random Effects Model 2 Fixed Effects Model 3 Random Effects, Survivor Sample
Functional limitations (vs. no impairment)
Least severe impairment 1.413a 0.959a 1.331a
(0.153) (0.181) (0.160)
Moderately severe impairment 1.990a 1.172a 2.066a
(0.181) (0.216) (0.192)
Most severe impairment 1.895a 1.242a 1.807a
(0.181) (0.221) (0.194)
Age 0.012a 0.023a 0.011a
(0.001) (0.003) (0.001)
Interactions
Least severe impairment × age −0.012a −0.009a −0.011a
(0.002) (0.003) (0.002)
Moderately severe −0.014a −0.009a −0.017a
impairment × age (0.003) (0.003) (0.003)
Most severe impairment × age −0.011a −0.009a −0.011a
(0.003) (0.003) (0.003)
Constant 1.640a 1.186a 1.670a
Total N 8,881 8,881 8,053
Individuals 3,617 3,617 3,071

Note: Random-effects models also include controls for race/ethnicity (coefficients not shown). Survivor sample consists of respondents who survived through all three panels of observation.

a

p < .01 (standard errors in parentheses).