Table 7.

Model design for multiple linear regression for LS for females

Variables	Model I	Model II	Model III	Model IV	Model V
Age of the respondentsb	0.002	0.005	0.005	0.016	0.02
Marital statusb	0.905	0.091	0.067	-0.003	-0.031
Educationa		0.026	-0.025	-0.001	-0.002
Wealth quintilea		0.196	0.136	0.125	0.068
Castle+		0.008	-0.02	-0.051	0.054
State of economic dependenceb			0.041	0.041	0.072
Living arrangementsb			0.164**	0.16*	0.178
Risk behaviours
a) Smokingb			0.025	0.57	0.098
b) Consumption of alcoholb			0.283	0.264	0.342
c) Consuming tobaccob			0.109	0.162	0.17
Activities of daily living (ADL)b				-0.548**	-0.288*
Social supportsb				0.189*	0.284**
Disabilityb					-0.476*
Cognitive healthb					0.329**
MOrbidity statusb					-0.074
Adjusted R2	0.004	0.119	0.159	0.246	0.386
Change in Adjusted R2		0.115	0.040	0.087	0.140

** ρ <0.05;* ρ <0.01

Dependent Variable: Likert scale (1.very happy, 2.happy, 3. neither happy nor unhappy, 4. unhappy, and 5. very unhappy

The suggested figures in all cells are standardized B

^aContinous variables: 5-point Likert scale

^bBinary variables