Table 2.
Linear regression of health-related quality of life on community asset participation
| Dependent variable: | EQ5D Health Utility Index |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Model specification | (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Community asset participation | 0.0809*** | 0.0626*** | 0.0387*** |
| (0.064 to 0.098) | (0.048 to 0.077) | (0.025 to 0.052) | |
| Female participants | −0.0381*** | −0.0111 | −0.00884 |
| (−0.056 to −0.021) | (−0.027 to 0.005) | (−0.022 to 0.005) | |
| Aged 65–69 years | Reference category | ||
| Aged 70–74 years | 0.00277 | −0.00151 | −0.00793 |
| (−0.020 to 0.025) | (−0.020 to 0.017) | (−0.025 to 0.009) | |
| Aged 75–79 years | −0.0180 | −0.00695 | −0.00853 |
| (−0.042 to 0.006) | (−0.027 to 0.013) | (−0.026 to 0.009) | |
| Aged 80–84 years | −0.0405** | −0.0109 | −0.0331** |
| (−0.069 to −0.012) | (−0.035 to 0.013) | (−0.056 to −0.011) | |
| Aged 85–98 years | −0.120*** | −0.0680*** | −0.0706*** |
| (−0.153 to −0.088) | (−0.098 to −0.038) | (−0.098 to −0.043) | |
| Socioeconomic characteristics† | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Health conditions‡ | No | Yes | Limiting |
| Goodness of fit (adjusted R2) | 0.075 | 0.361 | 0.461 |
Sample size is N=3686.
95% CIs in brackets.
**p<0.01; ***p<0.001.
†Educational qualifications and living arrangements. See data section for full details.
‡See Data section for details on the health conditions. Column 2 includes indicators to show whether or not an individual has any of the 23 conditions. Column 3 includes an indicator to show whether or not the conditions are limiting—defined as a response of 4 or 5 on the Bayliss score.
EQ5D, EuroQol-5D.