Table 2.
Growth curve models of marital status on self reported health in rural China, CHNS 1991–2006
| Fixed Effects | Total Sample | Females | Males |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intercept | 2.527*** | 2.516*** | 2.565*** |
| Marital Status | (0.042) | (0.057) | (0.067) |
| Married spouse living at home | 0.053* | 0.037 | 0.091* |
| (0.022) | (0.026) | (0.043) | |
| Never married | 0.068* | 0.114* | 0.079 |
| (0.032) | (0.048) | (0.051) | |
| Divorced/separated | −0.042 | −0.049 | −0.005 |
| (0.058) | (0.099) | (0.078) | |
| Widowed | 0.007 | −0.049 | 0.097 |
| (ref. = married, spouse not at home) | (0.052) | (0.065) | (0.089) |
| Age (centered on the mean) | −0.017*** | −0.018*** | −0.015*** |
| (0.002) | (0.003) | (0.004) | |
| Age (centered), squared | −0.000*** | −0.000*** | −0.000* |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
| Married Spouse Living at Home × Age | 0.000 | −0.000 | 0.000 |
| (0.002) | (0.003) | (0.004) | |
| Never Married × Age | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| (0.003) | (0.003) | (0.004) | |
| Divorced/Separated × Age | 0.012* | 0.011 | 0.011 |
| (0.006) | (0.009) | (0.007) | |
| Widowed × Age | 0.003 | 0.007 | −0.003 |
| (0.004) | (0.005) | (0.006) | |
| Sex (female = 0) | 0.062*** | ||
| (0.013) | |||
| Education (primary school or less = 0) | 0.016 | −0.010 | 0.038** |
| (0.010) | (0.015) | (0.014) | |
| Presence of Children Aged 0–5 | −0.008 | −0.001 | −0.015 |
| (0.011) | (0.015) | (0.015) | |
| Presence of Children Aged 6–14 | −0.011 | −0.002 | −0.023 |
| (0.009) | (0.012) | (0.013) | |
| Presence of Adults Over Age 60 | −0.023* | 0.000 | −0.038** |
| (0.010) | (0.015) | (0.015) | |
| Region: Northeast | 0.165*** | 0.153*** | 0.179*** |
| (0.015) | (0.021) | (0.021) | |
| Coastal | 0.254*** | 0.227*** | 0.277*** |
| (0.014) | (0.020) | (0.020) | |
| Inland (ref. =mountainous south) | 0.089*** | 0.085*** | 0.091*** |
| (0.013) | (0.018) | (0.018) | |
| Died (died in 1996–2001 = 1) | −0.135*** | −0.123** | −0.142*** |
| (0.026) | (0.042) | (0.033) | |
| Smoking | 0.022 | 0.006 | 0.026* |
| (0.012) | (0.032) | (0.013) | |
| Drinking | 0.061*** | 0.011 | 0.079*** |
| (0.011) | (0.020) | (0.013) | |
| Logged per Capita Family Income | 0.010** | 0.010* | 0.009* |
| (0.003) | (0.005) | (0.004) | |
| Household Assets Index | 0.007* | 0.008 | 0.005 |
| (0.003) | (0.005) | (0.005) | |
| Random Effects–Variance Components | |||
| Level 1: Within-person | 0.410*** | 0.418*** | 0.402*** |
| (0.004) | (0.006) | (0.006) | |
| Level 2: In intercept | 0.063*** | 0.064*** | 0.062*** |
| (0.004) | (0.005) | (0.005) | |
| Level 2: In linear growth rate | 0.000*** | 0.000*** | 0.000*** |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
| Goodness-of-Fit | |||
| BIC (smaller is better) | 64,295.64 | 33,370.92 | 31,246.76 |
| Observations | 30,699 | 15,760 | 14,939 |
| Number of Groups | 9,635 | 4,892 | 4,743 |
Note: Standard errors are shown in parentheses.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001 (two-tailed test)
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