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.