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. 2022 Feb 10;17(2):e0263170. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263170

Table 3. Factors associated with subjective well-being in men and women.

Variable (reference) Model 1 Model 2
β SE β SE
Sociodemographic variables
Sex (male) Female 0.1859*** 0.0236 0.1380*** 0.0209
Age Age -0.0332*** 0.0048 -0.0028 0.0044
Age2 0.0003*** 0.0000 0.0001** <0.0001
Marital status (currently married) Ever married -0.3396*** 0.0327 -0.2308*** 0.0287
Never married -0.6298*** 0.0429 -0.3048*** 0.0391
Education (≤ primary) Middle and high school 0.2236*** 0.0351 0.1639*** 0.0304
College and more 0.6478*** 0.0446 0.4797*** 0.0394
Area of residence (Seoul metro) Other metro 0.1100*** 0.0365 0.0733** 0.0317
City 0.0875** 0.0347 0.0365 0.0301
Rural 0.2365*** 0.0396 0.1264*** 0.0349
Low income family (no) Yes -0.3057*** 0.0360 -0.2028*** 0.0321
Income 0.4223*** 0.0227 0.2911*** 0.0205
Employment type (salaried-permanent) Salaried-temporary -0.3039*** 0.0317 -0.2513*** 0.0286
Self-employed -0.1704*** 0.0340 -0.1498*** 0.0305
Non-employed -0.4588*** 0.0315 -0.3231*** 0.0281
Health and satisfaction variables
Disability (no) Yes -0.1400*** 0.0350
Chronic disease (no) Yes 0.0147 0.0223
Subjective health (not healthy) Healthy 0.4809*** 0.0212
Satisfaction with family life (not satisfied) Satisfied 1.3625*** 0.0218
Constant 6.6634*** 0.1565 4.5507*** 0.1441
QIC   113,642.28 98,396.48

Note:

* p<0.1

** p<0.05

*** p<0.01.

Income (USD 10,000) was log-transformed.