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. 2011 Jun 15;105(2):293–308. doi: 10.1007/s11205-011-9882-x

Table 2.

Hopit model, determinants of life satisfaction

Coefficient Baseline Self assessments Threshold equations
τ1 τ2 τ3 τ4
SE

0.436***

(0.072)

0.567***

(0.095)

0.283**

(0.124)

0.098

(0.077)

−0.088

(0.058)

−0.226***

(0.050)

DK

0.664***

(0.054)

0.204***

(0.076)

−0.460***

(0.143)

0.097

(0.087)

−0.037

(0.048)

−0.144***

(0.035)

NL

0.349***

(0.063)

0.665***

(0.107)

0.491***

(0.121)

−0.248***

(0.090)

0.077

(0.053)

0.016

(0.048)

BE

0.144**

(0.057)

0.016

(0.074)

0.286***

(0.110)

0.005

(0.072)

−0.213***

(0.047)

−0.263***

(0.039)

FR

−0.127*

(0.070)

0.346***

(0.105)

0.431***

(0.128)

0.007

(0.084)

0.092

(0.058)

−0.041

(0.054)

GR

−0.363***

(0.069)

−0.335***

(0.084)

0.510***

(0.113)

−0.170**

(0.078)

0.054

(0.053)

−0.564***

(0.053)

IT

−0.415***

(0.060)

−0.081

(0.082)

0.705***

(0.111)

−0.133*

(0.073)

−0.161***

(0.053)

0.000

(0.044)

ES

−0.059

(0.073)

0.057

(0.091)

0.513***

(0.131)

−0.013

(0.086)

−0.367***

(0.066)

−0.085*

(0.047)

PL

−0.114*

(0.066)

−0.144*

(0.087)

0.285**

(0.130)

−0.074

(0.088)

−0.095

(0.059)

−0.143***

(0.049)

CZ

−0.294***

(0.052)

−0.493***

(0.074)

−0.079

(0.120)

−0.054

(0.079)

0.072

(0.045)

−0.113***

(0.039)

Age55

−0.241***

(0.064)

−0.459***

(0.079)

−0.211*

(0.110)

0.098

(0.079)

−0.113**

(0.053)

−0.050

(0.045)

Age5660

−0.093

(0.058)

−0.247***

(0.072)

−0.142

(0.101)

0.077

(0.074)

−0.086*

(0.048)

−0.061

(0.042)

Age6165

0.008

(0.054)

−0.065

(0.069)

−0.221**

(0.098)

0.133*

(0.068)

−0.051

(0.044)

−0.006

(0.039)

Age6675

−0.020

(0.049)

0.017

(0.061)

0.118

(0.080)

−0.029

(0.060)

−0.040

(0.038)

−0.021

(0.036)

Male

−0.117***

(0.025)

−0.102***

(0.034)

0.010

(0.052)

0.005

(0.036)

−0.007

(0.023)

0.013

(0.019)

Spouse

0.313***

(0.035)

0.357***

(0.044)

0.047

(0.063)

−0.022

(0.043)

0.003

(0.029)

0.044*

(0.025)

Low_edu

−0.180***

(0.045)

−0.277***

(0.057)

−0.030

(0.079)

−0.015

(0.055)

−0.006

(0.038)

−0.056*

(0.032)

Med_edu

−0.103***

(0.035)

−0.123***

(0.046)

−0.005

(0.066)

−0.030

(0.044)

0.026

(0.030)

0.019

(0.023)

Ret

−0.111**

(0.044)

−0.183***

(0.057)

0.047

(0.086)

−0.010

(0.058)

−0.045

(0.039)

−0.064**

(0.031)

Naw

−0.341***

(0.044)

−0.461***

(0.057)

0.058

(0.089)

−0.040

(0.060)

−0.049

(0.040)

−0.097***

(0.032)

adl

−0.495***

(0.059)

−0.417***

(0.068)

0.236***

(0.078)

−0.104*

(0.060)

−0.053

(0.046)

0.008

(0.043)

iadl

−0.390***

(0.049)

−0.381***

(0.056)

0.066

(0.068)

0.005

(0.048)

−0.034

(0.037)

−0.091**

(0.036)

Constant

−3.837***

(0.170)

0.405***

(0.086)

0.218***

(0.061)

0.730***

(0.052)

Vignette equations parameters
θ1

−1.860***

(0.079)

−2.034***

(0.101)

θ2

−0.775***

(0.076)

−0.945***

(0.098)

σ2v 1.099 1.032
Log-likelihood −25424.945 −24758.520
Sample size 7320 7320

The first column refers to a baseline Hopit specification not allowing for threshold variation across individuals