Table 11.
Regression of experienced scales on demographic and socioeconomic status variables
| ELSA |
Gallup |
HWB12 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troubled/fatigue | Positive | Troubled | Positive | Fatigue | Troubled | Positive | Fatigue | |
| Male | −0.166*** (0.0511) |
−0.0536 (0.0539) |
0.0857* (0.0497) |
0.0157 (0.0550) | −0.000920 (0.0509) |
−0.142** (0.0551) |
−0.0469 (0.0566) |
0.0222 (0.0501) |
| With partner | −0.0248 (0.0603) |
0.0706 (0.0626) | 0.0581 (0.0566) | −0.140** (0.0628) |
−0.0458 (0.0581) |
0.0235 (0.0629) | 0.139** (0.0659) | −0.166*** (0.0598) |
| Other | −0.0499 (0.144) | 0.0261 (0.153) | −0.0425 (0.134) |
0.130 (0.158) | −0.0525 (0.142) | −0.175 (0.132) | −0.141 (0.185) | 0.0384 (0.140) |
| Black | −0.171 (0.105) | 0.219** (0.0898) |
0.201** (0.0827) |
−0.176* (0.0987) |
0.197** (0.0862) | −0.153 (0.120) | −0.0865 (0.106) | −0.0873 (0.105) |
| Hispanic | 0.0704 (0.0927) | 0.318*** (0.0866) |
−0.376*** (0.106) |
−0.250** (0.0995) |
0.0727 (0.0994) | 0.112 (0.100) | 0.133 (0.0934) | 0.221** (0.111) |
| No HS | −0.0590 (0.196) | −0.242 (0.184) | 0.134 (0.197) | 0.277 (0.193) | −0.110 (0.160) | −0.379** (0.165) |
−0.282* (0.163) | 0.480** (0.193) |
| HS degree | −0.143 (0.0875) | −0.0870 (0.0931) |
0.0197 (0.0871) | 0.273*** (0.0933) |
−0.118 (0.0912) | −0.407*** (0.0942) |
−0.264*** (0.0973) |
0.159* (0.0897) |
| Some college | −0.0229 (0.0679) |
0.0941 (0.0752) | 0.0379 (0.0648) | 0.105 (0.0744) | −0.0713 (0.0676) |
−0.227*** (0.0819) |
−0.188** (0.0809) |
0.102 (0.0716) |
| Bachelor | −0.0933 (0.0651) |
0.0506 (0.0720) | −0.0138 (0.0698) |
0.0449 (0.0790) | −0.0267 (0.0731) |
−0.125 (0.0828) | −0.0440 (0.0806) |
−0.0593 (0.0741) |
| <$25,000$ | 0.0956 (0.0974) | −0.0297 (0.104) |
−0.0936 (0.0998) |
0.165 (0.115) | −0.252** (0.100) |
0.156 (0.105) | 0.0799 (0.113) | −0.0642 (0.101) |
| $25,000– $49,999 |
0.00674 (0.0767) | −0.00399 (0.0799) |
0.0145 (0.0767) | −0.0194 (0.0837) |
−0.262*** (0.0791) |
0.101 (0.0814) | 0.0491 (0.0909) | −0.0853 (0.0797) |
| $50,000– $74,999 |
0.0210 (0.0674) | −0.0421 (0.0737) |
−0.0457 (0.0732) |
0.125 (0.0832) | −0.157** (0.0720) |
0.0443 (0.0786) | 0.0698 (0.0817) | −0.0416 (0.0737) |
| $75,000– $100,000 |
−0.00352 (0.0784) |
0.0149 (0.0822) | −0.00880 (0.0754) |
−0.0384 (0.0870) |
−0.0969 (0.0816) |
−0.0275 (0.0879) |
0.130 (0.0915) | −0.0476 (0.0765) |
| Age <25 | 0.295* (0.176) | −0.154 (0.202) | −0.500*** (0.190) |
−0.0891 (0.217) |
−0.155 (0.229) | 0.0147 (0.188) | −0.265 (0.208) | 0.166 (0.201) |
| Age 25–35 | 0.305*** (0.0978) |
0.0244 (0.116) | −0.180* (0.0989) |
0.186* (0.101) | −0.101 (0.0979) | 0.280** (0.120) | −0.185 (0.123) | 0.310*** (0.105) |
| Age 35–45 | 0.216** (0.0997) |
−0.0839 (0.121) | −0.234** (0.0965) |
0.186* (0.103) | 0.00833 (0.0959) | 0.236** (0.112) | −0.260** (0.123) |
0.0214 (0.100) |
| Age 45–55 | 0.307*** (0.0922) |
−0.113 (0.111) | −0.0960 (0.0890) |
0.208** (0.0960) |
−0.108 (0.0887) | 0.215** (0.105) | −0.395*** (0.110) |
0.0106 (0.0932) |
| Age 55–65 | 0.177** (0.0739) |
0.0636 (0.0986) | −0.163** (0.0754) |
0.138* (0.0833) | −0.00543 (0.0806) |
0.0615 (0.0898) | −0.178* (0.1000) |
0.102 (0.0808) |
| Unemployed | −0.0624 (0.127) |
−0.0494 (0.123) | −0.210 (0.131) | 0.202 (0.152) | −0.0793 (0.119) | 0.219 (0.141) | −0.0966 (0.126) | 0.171 (0.120) |
| Retired | −0.186** (0.0737) |
0.248** (0.1000) | 0.188** (0.0766) | 0.0372 (0.0861) | −0.0907 (0.0839) |
−0.233** (0.0954) |
0.0123 (0.101) | 0.105 (0.0836) |
| Disabled | 0.264 (0.172) | −0.0649 (0.131) | −0.196 (0.151) | −0.0228 (0.137) |
−0.370*** (0.130) |
0.0720 (0.157) | −0.0919 (0.141) | 0.715*** (0.151) |
| Other work | −0.0482 (0.0831) |
0.119 (0.0799) | 0.00621 (0.0714) | −0.0871 (0.0750) |
−0.00191 (0.0713) |
0.00677 (0.0772) |
0.0753 (0.0868) | 0.00651 (0.0856) |
| Self-reported health |
0.239*** (0.0302) |
−0.200*** (0.0340) |
−0.148*** (0.0310) |
0.183*** (0.0314) |
−0.280*** (0.0305) |
0.167*** (0.0341) |
−0.182*** (0.0338) |
0.167*** (0.0341) |
| Children in HH | 0.0651 (0.0551) | 0.0670 (0.0571) | −0.00575 (0.0546) |
0.0851 (0.0582) | 0.00544 (0.0538) | 0.0643 (0.0585) | 0.0779 (0.0601) | −0.0228 (0.0535) |
| Constant | −0.709*** (0.116) |
0.349*** (0.131) | 0.486*** (0.119) | −0.659*** (0.129) |
1.079*** (0.116) | −0.404*** (0.135) |
0.643*** (0.147) | −0.566*** (0.132) |
| Observations | 1,678 | 1,678 | 1,683 | 1,683 | 1,683 | 1,596 | 1,596 | 1,596 |
| R2 | 0.115 | 0.077 | 0.077 | 0.067 | 0.128 | 0.081 | 0.073 | 0.119 |
| p value race | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.30 | 0.17 |
| p value education | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.90 | 0.04 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| p value income | 0.86 | 0.96 | 0.75 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.71 | 0.89 |
| p value age | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.47 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| p value work status | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.72 | 0.00 |
Estimation method is OLS; standard errors are clustered at the individual level. The p values mentioned in the last rows refer to a test of joint significance of the indicator variables for the categories race, education, income, age, and work status