Health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12

Table 6 Results of weighted ordinary least square regression models with PCS and MCS scores used as dependent variable (n = 1659)

Independent variable	Model 1 (R ² = 0.06)			Model 2 (R ² = 0.31)
	Coefficient value	Standard error	p-value	Coefficient value	Standard error	p-value
Intercept	39.64	0.59	< 0.0001	53.49	0.47	< 0.0001
Age (years, centred)	-0.45	0.07	< 0.0001	0.05	0.06	0.4180
Male gender (ref. female)	2.67	0.74	0.0003	1.83	0.58	0.0017
Education > 12 years (ref. education ≤ 12 years)	2.95	0.95	0.0019	0.82	0.67	0.2214
Paid employment (ref. no paid employment)	-0.06	1.63	0.9690	-0.78	1.14	0.4921
Income > median (ref. income ≤ media)	1.18	0.71	0.0974	1.06	0.60	0.0760
Living with partner (ref. not living with partner)	-0.56	0.75	0.4615	-0.38	0.65	0.5576
Belgium^a	0.31	0.84	0.7122	2.02	0.74	0.0069
France^a	1.42	0.88	0.1053	-0.52	0.67	0.4356
Germany^a	-1.86	0.65	0.0043	1.84	0.48	0.0001
Italy^a	-0.24	0.68	0.7255	-2.32	0.49	< 0.0001
Netherlands^a	-0.50	0.91	0.5816	1.26	0.64	0.0489
Spain^a	0.88	0.58	0.1304	-2.27	0.50	< 0.0001
R²	0.08			0.06

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