Table 5.
Impacts of DSL on mental health and wellbeing.
| All persons aged 60+ | Depression | Life satisfaction | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| DSL | 0.785* | 0.610* | −0.593* | −0.491* |
| Any chronic diseases | 0.457* | −0.157 | ||
| Any ADL limitation | 0.776* | −0.667* | ||
| Any IADL limitation | 0.777* | −0.253* | ||
| 60–64 (Omitted) | ||||
| 65–69 | −0.021 | −0.128 | 0.154 | 0.198 |
| 70–74 | −0.057 | −0.288* | 0.262* | 0.361* |
| 75+ | −0.483* | −0.868* | 0.404* | 0.619* |
| Male (omitted) | ||||
| Female | 0.491* | 0.349* | −0.246* | −0.131 |
| Minority | 0.106 | −0.044 | −0.097 | 0.009 |
| Urban | −0.514* | −0.554* | 0.047 | 0.103 |
| Primary schooling | ||||
| Second schooling | −0.445* | −0.303* | 0.411* | 0.370* |
| College and above | −0.401 | −0.331 | 0.637 | 0.376 |
| Better | ||||
| Average | 0.201 | 0.281 | −0.345 | −0.515 |
| Worse | 0.702* | 0.659* | −1.430* | −1.528* |
| Married with spouse present | ||||
| Married with spouse away | −0.296 | −0.299 | −0.425 | −0.518 |
| Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 0.371* | 0.335* | −0.403* | −0.380* |
| Single | −0.098 | −0.278 | −0.701* | −0.204 |
| Cons | −2.779 | −2.441 | 3.479 | 3.414 |
| R-square | 0.069 | 0.099 | −0.056 | −0.060 |
*
Indicates significant at a significance level of 5%.
CHARLS 2013. http://charls.pku.edu.cn/en.