Table 3.

Multivariate linear regression analysis (β coefficients, standard errors, and t and P values) of the association between health status, personal variables, and perceptions.

Predictors			Overall				India				China				Japan				Italy
			β	SE	t	P	β	SE	t	P	β	SE	t	P	β	SE	t	P	β	SE	t	P
Demographic variables
	Age		.14	0.01	5.12	<.001	.12	0.01	3.74	<.001	.07	0.01	1.79	.07	.08	0.02	1.55	0.12	–.07	0.02	–0.66	.51
	Gender (reference: male)
		Female	–.14	0.12	–7.51	<.001	–.09	0.14	–3.24	<.001	–.01	0.23	–0.35	.72	.01	0.64	–0.30	0.77	<.001	0.52	–0.03	.97
	Working status (reference: working)
		Not working	–.04	0.13	–2.04	.04	–.01	0.15	–0.32	.75	–.02	0.23	–0.54	.59	–.04	0.56	–0.71	0.48	–.03	0.55	–0.36	.72
	Chronic illness (reference: no)
		Yes	–.11	0.15	–5.63	<.001	–.16	0.20	–6.12	<.001	–.06	0.31	–2.04	.04	–.14	0.35	–2.81	0.01	–.09	0.47	–0.96	.34
Perceptions
	Interpersonal relationships (reference: decreased)
		Increased	.37	0.21	10.76	<.001	.38	0.28	6.48	<.001	.21	0.31	4.12	<.001	.60	0.85	4.86	<.001	.27	0.68	2.17	.03
		No change	.14	0.21	4.15	<.001	.21	0.29	3.71	<.001	.05	0.29	1.08	.28	.33	0.84	2.66	0.01	019	0.66	1.56	.12
	Fear response (reference: poor)
		Positive	.54	0.30	10.84	<.001	.59	0.33	8.69	<.001	.71	0.52	8.02	<.001	.54	1.38	2.72	0.01	.50	1.02	3.03	<.001
		Fair	.29	0.30	5.82	<.001	.35	0.33	5.22	<.001	.38	0.51	4.35	<.001	.26	1.37	1.30	0.20	.30	0.97	1.77	.08