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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2014 Jul 30;24(10):1348–1367. doi: 10.1002/hec.3092

Table 1.

Estimated marginal effects derived from the multivariate probit model.

Total
effects
of
lifestyles
Effects in individual equationsc

Dead Dead Cancer Circulat. Stroke Respir. Digest. Genito. Nonsmoker Exercise Not
overweight
Health events
Cancer 0.137***
Circulatory 0.010
Stroke 0.094***
Respiratory 0.098*
Digestive 0.074*
Genitourinary 0.025

Lifestyles
Nonsmoker −0.036b −0.031*** −0.007 −0.009 −0.016*** −0.003 −0.009*** 0.003
Exercise −0.037b −0.034*** −0.008 −0.008 −0.006* −0.004 −0.003 −0.002
Not overweight −0.009b −0.006 −0.008 −0.007 −0.005 −0.003 −0.008*** 0.001

Age/gendera
Male 40–50 0.000 −0.032*** 0.010** 0.002*** −0.001 −0.002 −0.007*** −0.045*** −0.031** −0.155***
Male 50–60 0.031*** −0.012* 0.033*** 0.009 0.003 0.000 −0.006*** −0.003 −0.103*** −0.219***
Female 50–60 0.001 −0.006 0.007* 0.002 −0.002 −0.004 0.010*** 0.095*** −0.007 −0.070***
Male 60–70 0.100*** 0.039*** 0.080*** 0.032*** 0.015*** 0.000 0.003 0.100*** −0.100*** −0.163***
Female 60–70 0.036*** 0.007 0.028*** 0.011*** 0.003 −0.001 0.019*** 0.197*** −0.027 −0.135***
Male 70–80 0.273*** 0.072*** 0.107*** 0.064*** 0.025*** 0.002 0.010** 0.132*** −0.157*** −0.077***
Female 70–80 0.138*** 0.024*** 0.052*** 0.037*** 0.015*** 0.006 0.020*** 0.293*** −0.110*** −0.104***
Male 80+ 0.571*** 0.016 0.044*** 0.021*** 0.050*** 0.014 −0.002 0.231*** −0.299*** −0.051
Female 80+ 0.400*** 0.012 0.041*** 0.064*** 0.026*** 0.008 0.006 0.358*** −0.261*** −0.071**

Educationa
Lower voc. −0.015** −0.002 −0.002 −0.002 0.003 0.000 −0.001 0.048*** 0.077*** 0.021*
Lower gen. −0.026** 0.004 −0.001 −0.002 0.003 0.002 0.004 0.057*** 0.125*** 0.090***
Higher sec. −0.017** 0.002 −0.006 −0.001 −0.003 0.002 0.008*** 0.072*** 0.162*** 0.086***
Higher educ. −0.021** −0.002 −0.014** −0.004 0.003 −0.001 −0.002 0.132*** 0.275*** 0.162***

Home owner 0.019*** −0.005 −0.004 −0.001 −0.003 −0.002 −0.003* 0.075*** 0.096*** 0.051***

Married 0.024*** 0.002 0.001 0.001 −0.002 −0.001 −0.001 0.078*** 0.043*** −0.039***

Has children 0.029*** −0.012** −0.001 −0.006 −0.004 −0.004 0.012*** 0.018 −0.037*** 0.035***

Religiona
Catholic 0.014 0.022* −0.019
Dutch reformed 0.034*** −0.043*** −0.040***
Presbyterian 0.069*** −0.033* 0.033*
Muslim 0.115*** −0.190*** −0.198***
Other/none 0.069*** −0.062*** 0.014

Regiona
North −0.033** −0.036** −0.047***
East −0.025** −0.012 −0.001
South −0.032*** −0.015 0.001

Urbanizationa
Very high −0.047*** −0.00428 0.039**
High −0.027*** −0.004 0.012
Average −0.023* 0.003 0.027*
Low −0.013 0.009 0.020

Mc Fadden’s R2 0.004
a

Reference categories described in Appendix A.

b

We have not calculated the statistical significance of total effects

c ***, ** and *

represent significance of the corresponding estimated coefficient in the multivariate probit model at 1%, 5% and 10%, respectively