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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2011;52(2):246–261. doi: 10.1177/0022146510396713

Table 7.

Ordered probit and chopit regressions of self-rated health (SRH) on demographic variables

Ordered probit Chopit
β SE β SE
Female .173*** .044 −.050 .061
Age (÷ 10) −.122*** .030 −.034 .042
Less than high school −.248** .097 −.174 .135
Some college .144** .059 .054 .082
4-year college degree or more .460*** .052 .309*** .073
Household income, 2nd quartile −.176** .064 −.265** .089
Household income, 3rd quartile .020 .063 .093 .088
Household income, 4th (top) quartile .199** .064 .177 .091
Threshold 1 (Poor-Fair)
 Sex (female) −.469*** .055
 Age (÷ 10) .026 .038
 Less than high school .100 .106
 Some college −.201** .072
 4-year college degree or more −.285*** .063
 Household income, 2nd quartile −.107 .076
 Household income, 3rd quartile −.110 .075
 Household income, top quartile −.156* .077
 Constant −2.544*** .216 −2.138*** .355
Threshold 2 (Fair-Good)
 Sex (female) .231*** .053
 Age (÷ 10) .009 .037
 Less than high school .056 .103
 Some college .042 .069
 4-year college degree or more .097 .059
 Household income, 2nd quartile .047 .077
 Household income, 3rd quartile .181* .074
 Household income, top quartile .136 .076
 Constant −1.761*** .211 −.225 .265
Threshold 3 (Good-Very Good)
 Sex (female) −.048 .048
 Age (÷ 10) .045 .033
 Less than high school −.097 .111
 Some college .119 .062
 4-year college degree or more .091 .057
 Household income, 2nd quartile −.047 .069
 Household income, 3rd quartile .008 .067
 Household income, top quartile −.062 .070
 Constant −.754*** .210 −.300 .236
Threshold 4 (Very Good-Excellent)
 Sex (female) .101* .048
 Age (÷ 10) .049 .032
 Less than high school −.083 .125
 Some college −.070 .063
 4-year college degree or more −.098 .054
 Household income, 2nd quartile .007 .072
 Household income, 3rd quartile −.050 .070
 Household income, top quartile .085 .067
 Constant −.350 .209 −.286 .225
Vignettes
 θ1 .279 .294
 θ2 −1.061*** .295
 θ3 −1.849*** .296
 θ4 −2.477*** .298
 ln σ −.209*** .029

N=2,548.

p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001, two-tailed.

Chopit uses No Disease vignettes. Reference categories: “High school degree” (education); “Household income, bottom quartile” (inc.).