Research Article
Health Behaviour and Health Assessment: Evidence from German Microdata
Table 7
Estimation results (males,
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| | Smoker | Alcohol | Obesity | Health | | Coefficient | -value | Coefficient | -value | Coefficient | -value | Coefficient | -value |
| | Smoker | | | | | | | −0.4203 | (0.210) | | Alcohol | | | | | | | −0.5600** | (0.020) | | Obesity | | | | | | | −0.9900*** | (0.000) |
| | Age 30–44 | 0.0682 | (0.428) | 0.0862 | (0.354) | 0.1807 | (0.105) | −0.7031*** | (0.000) | | Age 45–59 | −0.0772 | (0.398) | 0.1850* | (0.057) | 0.3933*** | (0.001) | −1.3711*** | (0.000) | | Age 60–74 | −0.4658*** | (0.000) | 0.2816** | (0.015) | 0.2992** | (0.024) | −1.4472*** | (0.000) | | Age >74 | −0.7263*** | (0.000) | 0.0293 | (0.845) | 0.0094 | (0.956) | −1.9553*** | (0.000) | | Partnership | −0.1724*** | (0.004) | −0.0876 | (0.135) | 0.2218*** | (0.001) | 0.0015 | (0.981) | | Children | −0.1404** | (0.015) | 0.1205** | (0.046) | −0.0698 | (0.290) | 0.1610*** | (0.010) | | Eastern Germany | 0.0066 | (0.900) | 0.0642 | (0.223) | 0.0538 | (0.352) | −0.1068** | (0.040) | | Turkey | 0.3310*** | (0.005) | −0.7926*** | (0.000) | −0.0552 | (0.671) | 0.0759 | (0.572) | | Rest of World | 0.2350** | (0.015) | −0.2718** | (0.010) | 0.0815 | (0.447) | 0.0075 | (0.943) |
| | Rel. Poverty | 0.3749*** | (0.000) | −0.0865 | (0.347) | 0.0404 | (0.672) | 0.0482 | (0.619) | | Tenous prosperity | 0.0312 | (0.587) | −0.0879 | (0.146) | 0.0615 | (0.326) | −0.0667 | (0.256) | | Higher Income | 0.0388 | (0.609) | 0.1157 | (0.120) | −0.0451 | (0.596) | 0.1630** | (0.036) | | Rel. prosperity | −0.0162 | (0.828) | 0.1274* | (0.076) | −0.0030 | (0.971) | 0.2301*** | (0.002) | | Economic worries | 0.2154*** | (0.000) | −0.1074* | (0.051) | 0.1154** | (0.043) | −0.2784*** | (0.000) | | Unemployed | -0.2528** | (0.013) | 0.1961** | (0.038) | 0.0753 | (0.453) | −0.1256 | (0.175) | | Retired | 0.2428* | (0.068) | 0.4246*** | (0.002) | −0.0151 | (0.919) | 0.2103 | (0.138) | | Working h. 1–21 | −0.1985 | (0.235) | −0.0697 | (0.689) | 0.0190 | (0.920) | 0.0224 | (0.896) | | Working h. 22–42 | −0.0080 | (0.913) | 0.1218 | (0.115) | −0.0247 | (0.769) | 0.2951*** | (0.000) | | Working h. >42 | 0.1342* | (0.077) | 0.0656 | (0.420) | 0.0574 | (0.506) | 0.2449*** | (0.002) | | O-level | −0.0987* | (0.073) | 0.0562 | (0.323) | −0.1007 | (0.103) | 0.0455 | (0.426) | | High school | −0.2964*** | (0.000) | 0.1376* | (0.085) | −0.1143 | (0.201) | 0.0329 | (0.695) | | University | −0.5291*** | (0.000) | 0.1325** | (0.047) | −0.1897** | (0.011) | 0.1938** | (0.031) |
| | Education | −0.2481** | (0.015) | −0.2764** | (0.015) | −0.0660 | (0.635) | −0.1374 | (0.281) | | Private health ins. | −0.1619** | (0.019) | 0.1202* | (0.069) | −0.1244 | (0.111) | −0.0605 | (0.387) | | Supplemental ins. | −0.0460 | (0.508) | 0.0845 | (0.221) | −0.0111 | (0.886) | −0.1364* | (0.055) | | Risk averse | −0.0841 | (0.129) | −0.0719 | (0.190) | 0.0503 | (0.392) | −0.1593*** | (0.003) | | Risk taker | 0.1361*** | (0.007) | −0.0015 | (0.976) | −0.0032 | (0.955) | 0.1137** | (0.027) | | Renovation | 0.0601 | (0.206) | 0.0792 | (0.105) | 0.0920* | (0.084) | −0.1227** | (0.016) | | Mother O-level | −0.0816 | (0.225) | −0.0165 | (0.804) | −0.1774** | (0.027) | — | — | | Father O-level | 0.1267** | (0.047) | −0.0343 | (0.580) | −0.0374 | (0.610) | — | — | | Constant | −0.1445 | (0.168) | −0.9135*** | (0.000) | −1.3127*** | (0.000) | 1.5902*** | (0.000) |
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