Table 3. Associations between wealth and disability: results of regression models (unstandardized regression coefficients (b), significant levels and standard errors (SE)).
HRS | ELSA | SHARE | |||||||||
US | England | north/west | south | east | |||||||
N = 11689 | N = 6135 | N = 17835 | N = 7627 | N = 4933 | |||||||
b | (SE) | b | (SE) | b | (SE) | b | (SE) | b | (SE) | ||
Mobility limitations | |||||||||||
Model 1 | Low wealth | 1.791*** | 0.056 | 1.371*** | 0.077 | 0.708*** | 0.034 | 0.529*** | 0.059 | 0.448*** | 0.077 |
Medium wealth | 0.616*** | 0.049 | 0.547*** | 0.066 | 0.277*** | 0.030 | 0.256*** | 0.056 | 0.263*** | 0.074 | |
High wealth | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Model 2 | Low wealth | 0.883*** | 0.057 | 0.578*** | 0.072 | 0.393*** | 0.032 | 0.246*** | 0.056 | 0.229** | 0.071 |
Medium wealth | 0.291*** | 0.046 | 0.233*** | 0.063 | 0.150*** | 0.028 | 0.105* | 0.052 | 0.136* | 0.068 | |
High wealth | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
IADL limitations | |||||||||||
Model 1 | Low wealth | 0.446*** | 0.021 | 0.255*** | 0.024 | 0.107*** | 0.011 | 0.158*** | 0.023 | 0.133*** | 0.029 |
Medium wealth | 0.100*** | 0.016 | 0.066*** | 0.018 | 0.033*** | 0.009 | 0.066** | 0.021 | 0.056* | 0.026 | |
High wealth | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Model 2 | Low wealth | 0.219*** | 0.021 | 0.094*** | 0.022 | 0.042*** | 0.011 | 0.086*** | 0.022 | 0.067* | 0.028 |
Medium wealth | 0.033* | 0.015 | 0.003 | 0.017 | 0.009 | 0.009 | 0.030 | 0.020 | 0.028 | 0.025 | |
High wealth | – | – | – | – | – |
Note. * p<0.05; ** p<0.01; *** p<0.001.
Models 1 is adjusted for gender, age (3-degree FP), and country affiliation (in case of SHARE). Model 2 additionally includes education, retirement status, partnership, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, smoking and physical inactivity. “SHARE north/west” includes Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, France and Switzerland; “SHARE south” includes Italy, Spain and Greece, “SHARE central” includes Poland and Czech Republic.