Table 3.
Difference in multimorbidity, assistive devices, self-rated health by explanatory variables
| Variables | 2011–2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multimorbiditya | Assistive devicesb | Subjective Health Statusc | |||
| No | Yes | ||||
| Sex | Female | 1.59 (1.27) | 5443 (94.07) | 343 (5.93) | 2.77 (0.82) |
| Male | 1.27 (1.23) | 4448 (93.64) | 302 (6.36) | 2.59 (0.81) | |
| Marital status | Single | 0.42 (0.77) | 1596 (93.66) | 108 (6.34) | 2.34 (0.75) |
| Married | 1.52 (1.24) | 7033 (93.74) | 470 (6.26) | 2.70 (0.79) | |
| Etc.(divorced, widowed) | 2.32 (1.04) | 1262 (94.96) | 67 (5.04) | 3.03 (0.89) | |
| Education | Under elem. | 2.43 (0.92) | 2262 (94.60) | 129 (5.40) | 3.09 (0.86) |
| High school | 1.35 (1.24) | 4761 (94.02) | 303 (5.98) | 2.62 (0.78) | |
| Over univ. | 0.83 (1.05) | 2864 (93.11) | 212 (6.89) | 2.48 (0.73) | |
| Household income | Quantile 1 | 2.25 (1.10) | 1486 (94.05) | 94 (5.95) | 3.05 (0.90) |
| Quantile 2 | 1.66 (1.27) | 2025 (94.54) | 117 (5.46) | 2.81 (0.82) | |
| Quantile 3 | 1.29 (1.24) | 2196 (93.97) | 141 (6.03) | 2.65 (0.79) | |
| Quantile 4 | 1.14 (1.18) | 2138 (93.94) | 138 (6.06) | 2.56 (0.76) | |
| Quantile 5 | 1.13 (1.16) | 2046 (92.96) | 155 (7.04) | 2.47 (0.75) | |
| Economic activity | No | 1.77 (1.27) | 3917 (93.20) | 286 (6.80) | 2.81 (0.90) |
| Yes | 1.23 (1.21) | 5974 (94.33) | 359 (5.67) | 2.60 (0.76) | |
| Insurance | Assistance | 2.41 (1.03) | 441 (94.23) | 27 (5.77) | 3.27 (0.96) |
| NHI | 1.40 (1.25) | 9450 (93.86) | 618 (6.14) | 2.66 (0.80) | |
| Disability | No | 1.38 (1.25) | 9230 (94.00) | 589 (6.00) | 2.65 (0.80) |
| Yes | 2.34 (1.01) | 661 (92.19) | 56 (7.81) | 3.16 (0.93) | |
Note: aMean (SD), bFrequency (ratio), cMean (SD)