Table 2.

Determinants of health satisfaction in univariate and multiple regression analysis

Variables	Univariate regression		Multiple regression
	Coefficient	Robust SE	Coefficient	Robust SE
Gender
Male
Female	−0.69*	0.18	−0.28	0.19
Age
<25
25-34	−0.10	0.27	0.06	0.26
35-44	−0.73***	0.30	−0.08	0.31
45-54	−1.05**	0.34	0.03	0.33
55-64	−1.14*	0.35	−0.07	0.35
>65	−0.74***	0.32	0.30	0.33
Marital status
Never married
Married	−0.50**	0.19	−0.04	0.21
Others	−1.35*	0.36	0.13	0.36
Years of schooling
0-8
9-13	0.56***	0.27	0.12	0.25
≥14	1.11*	0.26	0.20	0.25
Employment status
Unemployed
Employed	−0.32	0.29	−0.52***	0.26
Housewife	−1.39*	0.36	−0.74***	0.35
Others	−0.60	0.33	−0.44	0.33
Smoking status
No
Yes	−0.14	0.25	−0.41****	0.23
Health-related quality of life
Poor
Moderate	2.66*	0.39	2.36*	0.42
Good	4.11*	0.38	3.55*	0.43
BMI
Normal
Overweight	−0.31	0.18	−0.16	0.16
Obese	−1.30*	0.30	−0.51***	0.26
Presence of any chronic diseases
No
Yes	−1.47*	0.16	−0.45***	0.18
Constant			4.79*	0.61
Adjusted R2			0.32
F (19, 580)			11.77
Breusch-Pagan			65.10
Ramsey RESET			1.53

*Significant at P<0.001, **Significant at P<0.01, ***Significant at P<0.05, ****Significant at P<0.1. BMI=Body mass index, RESET=Ramsey regression equation specification error test, SE=Standard error