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. 2020 Apr 1;35(21):e141. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e141

Table 4. Conditional growth curve modela .

Covariates Sweden (n = 2,676) Denmark (n = 2,533) Germany (n = 2,539) France (n = 2,823) Spain (n = 2,269) Italy (n = 2,911) Korea (n = 7,854)
Estimateb (SE) P value Estimate (SE) P value Estimate (SE) P value Estimate (SE) P value Estimate (SE) P value Estimate (SE) P value Estimate (SE) P value
Intercept (initial level of latent SRH)
Womenc −0.129 (0.032) < 0.001 0.005 (0.034) 0.873 0.047 (0.034) 0.164 −0.013 (0.032) 0.679 −0.031 (0.035) 0.372 −0.091 (0.032) 0.004 −0.137 (0.023) < 0.001
Having a partnerd 0.049 (0.040) 0.217 0.086 (0.038) 0.023 0.017 (0.040) 0.661 0.010 (0.034) 0.760 −0.057 (0.039) 0.139 −0.019 (0.039) 0.634 −0.020 (0.022) 0.351
Lower secondary educatione −0.208 (0.038) < 0.001 −0.222 (0.049) < 0.001 −0.295 (0.057) < 0.001 −0.307 (0.043) < 0.001 −0.293 (0.062) < 0.001 −0.278 (0.056) < 0.001 −0.405 (0.033) < 0.001
Upper secondary educatione −0.196 (0.046) < 0.001 −0.115 (0.037) 0.002 −0.201 (0.036) < 0.001 −0.173 (0.043) < 0.001 −0.075 (0.080) 0.351 −0.154 (0.060) 0.011 −0.128 (0.032) < 0.001
Workingd 0.337 (0.043) < 0.001 0.304 (0.044) < 0.001 0.186 (0.044) < 0.001 0.108 (0.043) 0.012 0.228 (0.049) < 0.001 0.080 (0.047) 0.086 0.161 (0.020) < 0.001
Routine/semi-routine jobd −0.276 (0.064) < 0.001 −0.131 (0.047) 0.005 −0.163 (0.045) < 0.001 −0.150 (0.054) 0.005 −0.085 (0.045) 0.058 −0.020 (0.047) 0.670 −0.056 (0.022) 0.011
Household income (log-transformed) 0.014 (0.015) 0.351 0.066 (0.024) 0.007 0.039 (0.015) 0.009 0.045 (0.012) < 0.001 −0.006 (0.008) 0.465 0.023 (0.007) 0.001 0.075 (0.007) < 0.001
Slope (change of latent SRH)
Womenc 0.023 (0.011) 0.043 0.025 (0.012) 0.031 −0.008 (0.014) 0.563 0.020 (0.012) 0.089 −0.040 (0.013) 0.003 −0.002 (0.012) 0.876 0.008 (0.009) 0.355
Having partnerd −0.013 (0.014) 0.362 0.022 (0.013) 0.092 −0.012 (0.017) 0.455 0.014 (0.012) 0.260 0.006 (0.015) 0.696 0.014 (0.015) 0.366 −0.009 (0.009) 0.295
Lower secondary educatione −0.008 (0.013) 0.527 −0.008 (0.018) 0.763 0.008 (0.024) 0.730 0.008 (0.015) 0.615 −0.021 (0.024) 0.387 0.027 (0.020) 0.183 0.020 (0.013) 0.129
Upper secondary educatione 0.002 (0.015) 0.893 −0.011 (0.013) 0.381 0.006 (0.015) 0.680 0.014 (0.015) 0.360 −0.031 (0.031) 0.315 0.017 (0.022) 0.444 −0.002 (0.012) 0.867
Workingd −0.008 (0.015) 0.594 −0.011 (0.015) 0.485 −0.001 (0.018) 0.962 0.020 (0.016) 0.204 −0.035 (0.019) 0.060 0.015 (0.017) 0.383 −0.018 (0.008) 0.017
Routine/semi-routine jobd 0.040 (0.023) 0.082 −0.001 (0.017) 0.964 −0.022 (0.019) 0.263 0.014 (0.020) 0.499 0.023 (0.017) 0.182 0.015 (0.018) 0.418 0.009 (0.009) 0.276
Household income (log-transformed) 0.010 (0.005) 0.051 −0.008 (0.009) 0.389 −0.001 (0.006) 0.910 −0.009 (0.004) 0.048 0.000 (0.003) 0.900 −0.002 (0.003) 0.397 −0.014 (0.003) < 0.001
Model fit
χ2 (df) 79.827 (52) 0.008 96.782 (52) < 0.001 95.497 (52) < 0.001 75.425 (52) 0.019 103.731 (52) < 0.001 108.918 (52) < 0.001 202.541 (52) < 0.001
CFI/TLI 0.994/0.991 0.992/0.987 0.989/0.983 0.996/0.993 0.985/0.977 0.988/0.982 0.990/0.985
RMSEA 0.014 0.018 0.018 0.013 0.021 0.019 0.019

Age, BMI, current smoking, previous smoking, number of chronic diseases, depression, and ADLs were controlled.

SE = standard error, SRH = self-reported health, df = degrees of freedom, CFI = confirmatory fit index, TLI = Tucker-Lewis index, RMSEA = root square error of approximation, BMI = body mass index, ADL = activities of daily living.

aDependent variable: standardized self-rated health; bUnstandardized beta; cReference: men; dReference: others; eReference: tertiary education.