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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2021 Mar 23;44:563–594. doi: 10.4054/demres.2021.44.24

Table 3:

Ordered logit regression models of life satisfaction, proximity of adult children as a key independent variable, CLASS 2014

Ordered Logit Model
Model 1 Model 2
Coef. P-value Coef. P-value
Coresidence with children −0.054 0.172 0.046 0.263
[0.040] [0.041]
Children living close by (ref: Children living farther away) 0.018 0.721 0.066 0.209
[0.050] [0.052]
Age 0.121 0.002
[0.039]
Age square −0.001 0.025
[0.000]
Male (Female=0) −0.207 0.000
[0.040]
Urban (Rural=0) 0.002 0.960
[0.042]
Married (Widowed/divorced/unmarried=0) 0.055 0.214
[0.044]
Literate (Illiterate=0) −0.001 0.988
[0.048]
Currently Working (Not working=0) 0.227 0.000
[0.050]
Have public pension (No pension=0) 0.229 0.000
[0.045]
MMSE score (range from 0 to 16) 0.029 0.000
[0.004]
ADL independent (ADL disabled=0) 0.104 0.031
[0.048]
IADL independent (IADL disabled=0) 0.459 0.000
[0.043]
Number of children alive 0.058 0.000
[0.014]
Any children with post-secondary 0.094 0.044
[0.047]
Any children working as managers or professionals 0.287 0.000
[0.046]
Intercept1 −2.794 0.000 3.768 0.007
[0.047] [1.392]
Intercept2 −1.156 0.000 5.448 0.000
[0.032] [1.392]
Intercept3 0.569 0.000 7.240 0.000
[0.031] [1.392]
LR chi2 2.948 562.313
Df 5 19
BIC 26,156.670 25,727.280
N 10,768 10,768

Note: Standard errors in brackets.