Exploratory analysis of health-related quality of life among the empty-nest elderly in rural China: An empirical study in three economically developed cities in eastern China

Table 3 Ordered probit regression and stereotype logistic regression of PCS and related domains

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5
	PCS	PF	RP	BP	GH
Gender (Female = 0)	0.200	0.124	-0.010	0.054	0.254*
Age	-0.020*	-0.054*	-0.023	0.000	-0.000
Primary school (illiteracy = 0)	0.035	1.750***	0.900*	0.040	-0.214
Middle school (illiteracy = 0)	0.008	4.127***	2.011***	1.318***	0.735***
High school or junior colleges and above (illiteracy = 0)	4.105	6.922***	2.845***	2.303***	0.984***
Not widowed (others = 0)	-0.615*	-0.900	0.111	-0.311	0.025
Widowed (others = 0))	-0.601*	-0.711	0.038	-0.470*	-0.154
Df	7	7	7	7	7
Wald Chi (2)		193.86
LR Chi (2)	43.65		207.65	279.88	127.88

Note: ***indicates p < 0. 001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05. PF refers to physical functioning; RP refers to role-physical; BP refers to bodily pain; GH refers to general health.

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