Table 7.
Logit regression analysis for loneliness among respondents during the COVID-19 pandemic who were not lonely before.
| Variable | Full Sample | Older Sub-Sample | Younger Sub-Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | −0.2951 (−2.45) *** | 0.1743 (0.53) | −0.4044 (−3.04) *** |
| Age | 0.0002 (0.05) | −0.0351 (−1.27) | −0.0044 (−0.76) |
| Married | 0.5000 (2.93) *** | −0.1026 (−0.21) | 0.5266 (2.85) *** |
| Children | −0.0314 (−0.25) | −0.2102 (−0.61) | −0.0029 (−0.02) |
| Living alone | 0.3537 (1.94) * | −0.3165 (−0.55) | 0.4082 (2.09) *** |
| Living in rural area | −0.0624 (−0.64) | −0.1591 (−0.72) | −0.0531 (−0.49) |
| Education | −0.0121 (−0.48) | −0.0294 (−0.51) | −0.0146 (−0.52) |
| Employed | −0.0397 (−0.32) | −0.2483 (−0.93) | 0.0959 (0.67) |
| Log of HHIncome | 0.1642 (1.89) * | 0.5419 (2.41) ** | 0.1227 (1.28) |
| Log of HHasset | −0.0203 (−0.47) | −0.0674 (−0.69) | −0.0130 (−0.26) |
| Finliteracy | −0.1116 (−0.76) | 0.4897 (1.23) | −0.1968 (−1.22) |
| Healthy | 0.0524 (1.11) | 0.1180 (1.10) | 0.0338 (0.64) |
| Anxiety | 0.0027 (0.05) | 0.1545 (1.15) | −0.0083 (−0.15) |
| Finsatisfaction | 0.0658 (1.25) | 0.2912 (1.96) ** | 0.0417 (0.73) |
| Depression | −0.0500 (−1.11) | 0.1586 (1.45) | −0.0915 (−1.84) * |
| Myopic view | −0.0071 (−0.15) | −0.0623 (−0.57) | 0.0150 (0.28) |
| _Cons | −4.3271 (−3.32) *** | −8.2792 (−2.10) ** | −3.3866 (−2.39) ** |
| Obs. | 4253 | 768 | 3485 |
| LR Chi2 | 40.95 *** | 20.49 | 43.47 *** |
| Pseudo R2 | 0.0132 | 0.0336 | 0.0174 |
| Log likelihood | −1533.3514 | −294.3110 | −1226.3969 |
Note: z values in parentheses; *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.10.