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Table 4 Associations between psychological wellbeing and demographic, social and physical health status (sample n = 1147)

From: Psychological wellbeing, physical impairments and rural aging in a developing country setting

 

Unadjusted Coefficient

Unadjusted P value

Adjusted coefficient*

Adjusted P value*

Older Age (years)

0.03

0.455

0.13

0.010

Female

-1.25

0.027

0.02

0.980

Currently working

0.43

0.419

1.32

0.018

Married versus widowed/single/divorced

1.05

0.066

0.33

0.581

Live alone

-1.06

0.113

-0.36

0.659

Education

1.48

0.007

0.15

0.145

Wealthy household

0.89

<0.001

0.32

<0.001

Physical impairment

-0.75

<0.001

-.37

0.020

Paralysis

-4.66

<0.001

-2.96

<0.001

Disability

-0.29

<0.001

-.22

<0.001

Cognitive impairment

-1.03

0.218

-1.43

0.223

Family social network size

0.11

<0.001

0.07

0.002

At least one child living in household versus no children in the household

-0.10

0.850

-0.57

0.304

Talk to a child at least weekly

0.93

0.002

0.74

0.029

Receiving support from children

0.51

<0.001

3.06

<0.001

Receiving financial remittances from children

2.18

<0.001

1.55

<0.001

Giving support to children

0.25

0.284

-0.62

<0.001

Receiving support from others

0.44

0.003

0.53

0.003

Perceive good support from children

3.79

<0.001

3.06

<0.001

Perceive giving good support to children

3.31

<0.001

1.26

0.029

  1. * adjusted for all other variables in the table in a weighted regression.