Table 3.
Univariate and multiple regression analysis of the associations between health satisfaction and socio-demographic variables (n = 3,150)1
| Explanatory variables | Univariate regression |
Multiple regression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient | Robust SE | Coefficient | Robust SE | |||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Female | -0.33** | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.10 | ||
| Age (yr) | ||||||
| 18-24 | Reference | Reference | ||||
| 25-34 | -0.63** | 0.11 | -0.40** | 0.13 | ||
| 35-44 | -0.98** | 0.11 | -0.56** | 0.15 | ||
| 45-54 | -1.40** | 0.12 | -0.73** | 0.15 | ||
| 55-64 | -1.47** | 0.13 | -0.68** | 0.17 | ||
| 65-74 | -1.47** | 0.16 | -0.57** | 0.20 | ||
| 75+ | -1.83** | 0.23 | -0.80** | 0.26 | ||
| Years of schooling | 0.06** | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Homemaker | -0.50** | 0.08 | -0.22 | 0.12 | ||
| Retired | -0.46** | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.13 | ||
| Unemployed | -0.24 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.20 | ||
| Student | 0.79** | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.14 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Married | -0.73** | 0.08 | -0.07 | 0.11 | ||
| Widowed | -1.73** | 0.24 | -0.48 | 0.25 | ||
| Divorced or separated | -1.80** | 0.34 | -1.01** | 0.30 | ||
| Presence of any illness or health problem | ||||||
| Yes | Reference | Reference | ||||
| No | 1.57** | 0.07 | 1.39** | 0.08 | ||
| Constant | 6.92** | 0.18 | ||||
| Adjusted R2 | 0.17 | |||||
| F statistics | 38.25** | |||||
| Breusch-Pagan | 105.44** | |||||
| Ramsey RESET | 1.62 | |||||
SE, standard error; RESET, regression equation specification error test.
1
Since self-rated health status and health satisfaction are almost the same variables, the association between these variables was not assessed.
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p<0.01.