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Table 3 Regression analysis

From: Acceptable health and ageing: results of a cross-sectional study from Hungary

Variable

Acceptable health state …

At age 30

At age 40

At age 50

At age 60

At age 70

At age 80

Constant

0.856*

0.779*

0.518*

0.107**

− 0.447*

− 0.635

Gender

–

–

–

–

–

0.035** (0.014; 0.056)

Age

0.001* (0.001; 0.002)

0.002* (0.001; 0.002)

0.002* (0.001; 0.002)

0.003* (0.003; 0.004)

0.005* (0.004; 0.006)

0.004* (0.003; 0.005)

Marital status

–

–

0.011*** (0.001; 0.020)

0.014*** (0.001; 0.027)

0.019*** (0.002; 0.037)

–

Highest educational level

–

–

0.006*** (0.000; 0.011)

0.014* (0.006; 0. 021)

0.012*** (0.001; 0.022)

–

Employment status

      

Full time job

0.009*** (0.001; 0.018)

–

–

–

–

–

Part-time job

–

–

–

–

–

–

Pensioner

–

–

–

–

–

− 0.075*** (− 0.143; − 0.007)

Disability pensioner

–

–

–

–

–

–

Student

− 0.014*** (− 0.027; 0.000)

− 0.027* (− 0.040; − 0.014)

− 0.030** (− 0.049; − 0.012)

− 0.031*** (− 0.056; − 0.007)

− 0.050** (− 0.084; − 0.016)

− 0.066** (− 0.105; − 0.027)

Housewife

–

− 0.019*** (− 0.036; − 0.001)

− 0.032** (− 0.055; − 0.008)

–

–

–

Net income

–

–

–

 < 0.000** (0.000; 0.000)

 < 0.000** (0.000; 0.000)

0.000* (0.000; 0.000)

Current health status (EQ VAS)

0.000* (0.000; 0.001)

0.001* (0.000; 0.001)

0.001*

0.002* (0.001; 0.002)

0.002* (0.001; 0.002)

0.002* (0.001; 0.002)

Smoking status

− 0.019* (− 0.026; − 0.013)

− 0.021* (− 0.030; − 0.012)

− 0.027* (− 0.039; − 0.015)

− 0.043* (− 0.059; − 0.027)

− 0.049* (− 0.071; − 0.028)

− 0.065* (− 0.090; − 0.039)

Healthy lifestyle

–

0.012* (0.006; 0.017)

0.022* (0.015; 0.030)

0.033* (0.023; 0.042)

0.039* (0.026; 0.052)

0.032* 0.016; 0.047)

Kins' age at death

–

–

0.001* (0.001; 0.002)

0.003* (0.002; 0.003)

0.005* (0.004; 0.006)

0.004* (0.002; 0.005)

Overestimation of life expectancy

0.030* (0.025; 0.036)

0.048* (0.041; 0.056)

0.085* (0.075; 0.095)

0.130* (0.116; 0.143)

0.161* (0.143; 0.180)

0.107* (0.084; 0.130)

R2

0.041

0.058

0.093

0.130

0.121

0.059

  1. Coding used for the analysis: Gender: female = 0, male = 1; Marital status: not married = 0, married = 1; Highest educational level: primary school = 1, secondary school = 2, college = 3, university = 4; Employment status related variables:: no = 0, yes = 1; Net monthly income: mean values of net income ranges presented in Table 1 were used for the analysis; Smoking status: no = 0, yes = 1; Healthy lifestyle: less healthy than most others = 1, comparable to most others = 2, healthier than most others = 3; Kins’ age at death: mean values of ranges presented in Table 1 were used for the analysis. Overestimation of life expectancy” takes the value of 1 if one overestimates his/her age and zero value otherwise
  2. Beta coefficients (95% confidence intervals) are presented. Statistical significance of coefficients: *p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.05
  3. Method: stepwise, entry/removal criteria: 0.05/0.10
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