Table 2.

GEE analysis of subjective wellbeing of Chinese rural elderly people by different birth generation during 2006–2015.

Variables	1940s		1930s		1908–1920s
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3-1		Model 3-2
	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p
Intercept	8.428		8.004		8.778		9.060
Food preferences
Fruits	−0.204		0.087		−0.070		−0.091
Vegetables	0.874	*	0.548	*	0.305		0.365
Soft drinks and sugared fruit drinks	−0.287		−0.220		−0.340		−0.307
Activity preferences
Physical activities
Walking, Tai Chi	0.395	*	0.187		0.304		0.218
Body building	−0.002		−0.230		0.051		0.131
Sports (ping pong, badminton, tennis, soccer, basketball, volleyball)	0.520		0.002		0.349		0.363
Sedentary activities
Reading	−0.174		0.433	**	−0.162		−0.565
Watching TV	0.153		0.416	***	0.519	*	0.476	*
Playing computer/video games, surfing the internet	−0.223		−0.106		0.119		0.346
Interaction effect
Reading × highest educational level							0.374	*

Sex and highest educational level are taken as control variables in above models.

^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001.