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Table 3 Multinomial logit regression results of social capital and subjective well-being (SWB) among older adults in LIMC’s

From: Social capital is associated with improved subjective well-being of older adults with chronic non-communicable disease in six low- and middle-income countries

Explanatory variables

Ghana

China

India

Mod. SWBb

High.SWBc

Mod. SWB

High. SWB

Mod. SWB

High. SWB

Social capital

1.03**

1.08***

1.09***

1.15***

1.12***

1.14***

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

MCCa (=1, 0 = Single NCD)

0.68

0.63

0.76*

0.49***

1.04

0.87

(0.24)

(0.24)

(0.12)

(0.07)

(0.24)

(0.19)

Social capital*MMC

1.01

1.02

0.98

0.97

0.97

0.95**

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.03)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

Male (=1, 0 = Female)

0.69*

0.97

0.88

0.93

0.67**

0.62***

(0.15)

(0.20)

(0.10)

(0.10)

(0.10)

(0.09)

Married (=1, 0 = Single)

1.13

1.04

1.35***

1.61***

1.06

1.42***

(0.23)

(0.21)

(0.15)

(0.17)

(0.15)

(0.19)

Age in years

0.98*

0.97***

1.01***

1.03***

0.99**

0.97***

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

Working (=1, 0 = not working)

2.29***

3.38***

1.74***

2.19***

2.09***

2.51***

(0.41)

(0.60)

(0.20)

(0.24)

(0.32)

(0.36)

Income tertile (Ref = Low)

 Medium

0.98

1.64**

1.40***

2.08***

1.33*

1.43**

(0.22)

(0.37)

(0.17)

(0.23)

(0.21)

(0.22)

 High

1.77***

4.17***

1.96***

4.17***

2.69***

4.51***

(0.36)

(0.86)

(0.22)

(0.44)

(0.40)

(0.64)

Education (ref = No education)

 Primary

0.93

0.82

1.29**

1.39***

1.11

1.23

(0.20)

(0.17)

(0.14)

(0.14)

(0.15)

(0.16)

 Secondary

1.37

1.28

1.50***

1.67***

1.24

1.79***

(0.33)

(0.29)

(0.21)

(0.22)

(0.25)

(0.34)

 Tertiary

1.43

2.16*

1.01

2.39***

1.27

3.32***

(0.73)

(0.98)

(0.33)

(0.68)

(0.53)

(1.23)

Currently drinking alcohol (=1, 0 = not drinking alcohol)

1.18

1.05

1.45***

1.56***

1.52

1.70**

(0.24)

(0.21)

(0.21)

(0.21)

(0.40)

(0.42)

Currently smoking (=1, 0 = not drinking alcohol)

0.80

0.61*

0.89

0.79*

1.10

1.04

(0.23)

(0.17)

(0.11)

(0.09)

(0.14)

(0.12)

Number of fruit and vegetables consumed

0.91***

0.94**

1.02*

1.02**

1.05

1.14***

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.04)

(0.04)

Engaged in moderate intensive exercise (=1, 0 = Not engaged)

0.96

1.32***

1.12***

1.13***

1.02

1.06

(0.08)

(0.09)

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.04)

(0.04)

Urban (=1, 0 = rural)

1.09

1.33

1.70***

2.17***

1.21

1.33**

(0.20)

(0.23)

(0.18)

(0.22)

(0.18)

(0.18)

Constant

1.41

1.20

0.14***

0.05***

0.55

0.93

(0.97)

(0.82)

(0.06)

(0.02)

(0.29)

(0.46)

Pseudo R-sq.

0.15

0.09

0.12

LR-ChiSq

412.6***

985.3***

650.1***

Observations

1254

5893

2633

  1. aMultiple Chronic Condition: bModerate Subject well-being; cModerate Subject well-being; Robust standard errors in parentheses *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1
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