Table 3.
Estimates of the Odds Ratios from Ordered Logit Models of the Effects of Study Covariates and the Significant Interactions on the Health Outcomes
| IADL Disabled | Number of Chronic Conditions | Self-rated Poor Health | Self-rated Poor Life Satisfaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Variables Code of the model | I-1 | I-2 | II-1 | III-1 | IV-1 | IV-2 |
| Neighborhood controls (centenarians’ children) | 1.65** | 1.98*** | 1.49** | 1.93*** | 1.45** | 2.72*** |
| Age | 1.15*** | 1.15*** | 1.04** | 1.00 | 0.99 | 0.99 |
| Male (female) | 0.75+ | 0.77 | 0.85 | 1.16 | 1.30+ | 1.28+ |
| Got adequate medication when ill in childhood (no) | 0.41*** | 0.77 | 0.97 | 0.69** | 0.87 | 0.87 |
| Family economic condition is good (no) | 0.59+ | 0.57* | 1.02 | 0.42*** | 0.29*** | 0.29*** |
| Has >1 year of schooling (no) | 0.72+ | 0.70* | 1.13 | 1.06 | 0.83 | 0.83 |
| Currently married (no) | 1.05 | 1.03 | 0.85 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.88 |
| Number of living children | 1.01 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.06 | 0.97 | 1.07 |
| Social and leisure activity index | 0.72*** | 0.72*** | 1.04 | 0.80*** | 0.87** | 0.88* |
| F × E interaction terms (RERI) | ||||||
| “Controls” × “Got adequate medical care when ill in childhood” | — | 0.40* | — | — | — | — |
| “Controls” × “Number of living children” | — | — | — | — | — | 0.84* |
| LR chi2 | 234.8 | 239.6 | 31.7 | 96.1 | 80.5 | 85.3 |
| Prob > chi2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Log likelihood: –2log(L) | 1766.1 | 1761.3 | 2383.2 | 2509.0 | 2391.3 | 2386.4 |
| Log likelihood change: = –2[log(L0) – log(L1)] | 4.8* | — | — | 4.9* | ||
Notes: *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.
The category in the parentheses after the independent variables is the reference group.