Economic effects of healthy ageing: functional limitation, forgone wages, and medical and long-term care costs

Health Economics Review

Table 2 Results: Functional limitation function

Covariates	beta (SE)	Covariates	beta (SE)
Female	0.32*	SRH: Bad	-2.69**
	(0.14)	(Ref: Very bad)	(0.30)
Age	-0.56**	SRH: Fair	-4.51**
	(0.15)		(0.32)
Age²	0.00**	SRH: Good	-5.48**
	(0.00)		(0.35)
Marital status (single or not)	0.30*	SRH: Very good	-6.48**
	(0.12)		(0.40)
Household size	0.15**	SRH: DK	-3.42**
	(0.03)		(1.21)
Having a child	-0.39	Cigarette smoking	0.19
	(0.24)		(0.19)
Employment status	-1.27**	Alcohol consumption	-0.69**
	(0.19)		(0.13)
House ownership	-0.33	Constant	14.54*
	(0.17)		(5.92)
Education: High school	-0.29	Var(_cons[Individuals])	3.57**
	(0.15)		(0.51)
Education: University+	-0.45	Year	Yes
	(0.28)	Area-by-scale	Yes
		Age range	60–95
		Observations	8,456
		Individuals	4,148

Note: Estimated using a multilevel mixed-effects generalised linear model with a binomial distribution of the dependent variable and the logit link function; Weighted by population weights estimated by national statistics of population estimates and censuses based on age, sex, and regions at baseline for samples extracted in 1987, 1999, and 2012; Values represent coefficients, with robust standard errors reported in parentheses; ** p<0.01, * p<0.05

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