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. 2016 Oct;45(10):1247–1260.

Table 5:

Ordered probit model evaluating the effect of health insurance on self-rated health

Independent variables Dependent variable: health status
Model VI Model VII Model VIII
Type of insurance −0.3189*** (0.050798) −0.3423*** (0.0517) −0.2786*** (0.0905)
Gender −0.0550 (0.0362) −0.0612* (0.0371) 0.1241 (0.0821)
Age 0.0017 (0.0020) 0.0009 (0.0020) 0.0003 (0.0035)
Place of residence −0.0335 (0.0384) 0.0319 (0.0406) −0.0013 (0.0689)
Marital status 0.1424*** (0.0521) 0.1364** (0.0533) 0.2183** (0.0871)
Educational level −0.0794*** (0.0132) −0.0748*** (0.0135) −0.0819*** (0.0232)
Work status −0.3537*** (0.0380) −0.2932*** (0.0393) −0.1933*** (0.0675)
Household expenditures −0.0033 (0.0034) −0.0029 (0.0035) −0.0058 (0.0057)
Living area −0.0005** (0.0002) −0.0004 (0.0002) −0.0001 (0.0004)
Family size −0.0135 (0.0089) −0.0077 (0.0092) −0.0171 (0.0161)
Travel time 0.0101** (0.0051) 0.0084* (0.0051) 0.0075* (0.0057)
Disability 0.2895*** (0.0421) 0.1923*** (0.0718)
Chronic disease 0.3841 (0.0363) 0.4728*** (0.0626)
Physical examination 0.0638 (0.0558)
Smoking habits 0.3090*** (0.0799)
Drinking habits −0.0897** (0.0386)
Exercise habits −0.0035 (0.0223)
R2 0.1549 0.1608 0.1837
LR (Chi-square) 226.88*** 393.12*** 167.64***
Number of observations 15245 13048 10430

Note: 1) Sample data represent the mixed data in 2011 and 2014. 2) Standard deviation is listed in parentheses. 3) *, **, and *** denote the level of significance test by 10%, 5%, and 1%, respectively.