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Table 6 Linear regression model 2.4 in which subjective well-being (SWBscore2003) predicts health behavior (HBSS2012)

From: Changed health behavior improves subjective well-being and vice versa in a follow-up of 9 years

Category

Estimate

Standard error

p-value

Intercept

1.81

0.053

 < 0.001

SWBscore2003

 − 0.025

0.0045

 < 0.001

SWBchange

Positive

0.071

0.019

 < 0.001

Neutral

Reference

  

Negative

 − 0.072

0.019

 < 0.001

HBSS2003

0.48

0.0088

 < 0.001

Gender

Male

 − 0.10

0.016

 < 0.001

Female

Reference

  

Age (2003)

25–29

 − 0.024

0.023

0.30

35–39

 − 0.033

0.022

0.14

45–49

 − 0.051

0.020

0.013

55–59

Reference

  

Education (1998)

No professional education

0.012

0.075

0.87

Vocational school

Reference

  

College

0.061

0.053

0.25

University or higher

 − 0.023

0.064

0.72

Diseases (2003)

0

0.046

0.021

0.030

1

0.037

0.019

0.055

2 or more

Reference

  

SWB2003*education

No professional education

 − 0.0019

0.0079

0.81

Vocational school

Reference

  

College

0.0017

0.0057

0.76

University or higher

0.022

0.0071

0.0016

  1. HBSS, Health behavior sum score i.e. no. of protective health behaviors; SWBscore, Subjective well-being score (lower scores indicating better SWB); SWBchange, Change in health behavior sum score during follow-up