Research Article
Health Behaviour and Health Assessment: Evidence from German Microdata
Table 8
Estimation results (females,
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| | Smoker | Alcohol | Obesity | Health | | Coefficient | -value | Coefficient | -value | Coefficient | -value | Coefficient | -value |
| | Smoker | | | | | | | −0.0501 | (0.855) | | Alcohol | | | | | | | 0.8727** | (0.014) | | Obesity | | | | | | | −0.3474 | (0.465) |
| | Age 30–44 | −0.0760 | (0.327) | 0.1286 | (0.271) | 0.1787* | (0.087) | −0.5114*** | (0.000) | | Age 45–59 | −0.1808** | (0.028) | 0.3264*** | (0.008) | 0.4321*** | (0.000) | −1.1178*** | (0.000) | | Age 60–74 | −0.5941*** | (0.000) | 0.5074*** | (0.001) | 0.4291*** | (0.001) | −1.4134*** | (0.000) | | Age >74 | −1.0870*** | (0.000) | 0.7154*** | (0.000) | 0.4252*** | (0.007) | −1.9218*** | (0.000) | | Partnership | −0.2973*** | (0.000) | −0.0356 | (0.603) | 0.1041* | (0.064) | −0.0541 | (0.351) | | Children | 0.0458 | (0.427) | 0.0264 | (0.752) | −0.0777 | (0.282) | 0.1535** | (0.014) | | Eastern Germany | −0.1104** | (0.040) | −0.1645** | (0.027) | 0.0722 | (0.206) | −0.0615 | (0.248) | | Turkey | −0.0857 | (0.504) | −4.0274*** | (0.000) | 0.0032 | (0.981) | 0.0605 | (0.643) | | Rest of World | 0.1093 | (0.247) | −0.2952* | (0.063) | 0.1704* | (0.089) | −0.1005 | (0.301) |
| | Rel. Poverty | 0.3264*** | (0.000) | −0.1462 | (0.220) | 0.1571* | (0.055) | 0.0814 | (0.338) | | Tenous prosperity | 0.0704 | (0.201) | −0.1007 | (0.214) | 0.1090* | (0.056) | −0.0048 | (0.932) | | Higher Income | 0.0373 | (0.633) | 0.1385 | (0.153) | −0.1469 | (0.118) | −0.0049 | (0.951) | | Rel. prosperity | −0.1185 | (0.146) | 0.2236** | (0.013) | −0.2377*** | (0.008) | 0.0550 | (0.500) | | Economic worries | 0.1475*** | (0.003) | −0.0345 | (0.632) | 0.0805 | (0.131) | −0.3485*** | (0.000) | | Retired | −0.2107* | (0.057) | −0.1346 | (0.301) | −0.0995 | (0.292) | −0.1192 | (0.193) | | Unemployed | 0.4269*** | (0.000) | 0.3238* | (0.078) | −0.0708 | (0.590) | −0.0051 | (0.969) | | Working h. 1–21 | 0.2137*** | (0.003) | 0.1133 | (0.292) | −0.1297 | (0.128) | 0.2369*** | (0.003) | | Working h. 22–42 | 0.2546*** | (0.000) | 0.2020** | (0.019) | −0.2077*** | (0.004) | 0.1163 | (0.102) | | Working h. >42 | 0.3138*** | (0.000) | 0.3013*** | (0.005) | 0.1097 | (0.248) | 0.0232 | (0.795) | | O-level | −0.1372** | (0.012) | 0.2193*** | (0.005) | −0.0788 | (0.165) | 0.2071*** | (0.000) | | High school | −0.4272*** | (0.000) | 0.2861*** | (0.007) | −0.3556*** | (0.000) | 0.2333** | (0.013) | | University | −0.5430*** | (0.000) | 0.3438*** | (0.000) | −0.3890*** | (0.000) | 0.3240*** | (0.001) | | Education | −0.3181*** | (0.001) | −0.0801 | (0.567) | −0.2838** | (0.040) | 0.1395 | (0.220) |
| | Private health ins. | −0.0522 | (0.553) | 0.0972 | (0.328) | −0.0511 | (0.596) | −0.0283 | (0.739) | | Supplemental ins. | 0.0376 | (0.551) | 0.1712** | (0.027) | −0.0452 | (0.533) | −0.1088* | (0.078) | | Risk averse | −0.0980** | (0.046) | 0.0029 | (0.966) | 0.0021 | (0.967) | −0.1029** | (0.029) | | Risk taker | 0.2357*** | (0.000) | 0.1980*** | (0.008) | −0.0452 | (0.496) | 0.1665*** | (0.010) | | Renovation | 0.1382*** | (0.003) | 0.0257 | (0.696) | 0.0648 | (0.205) | −0.1454*** | (0.003) | | Mother O-level | 0.0727 | (0.276) | 0.0814 | (0.345) | −0.0643 | (0.422) | — | — | | Father O-level | 0.0667 | (0.289) | 0.1437* | (0.076) | −0.1067 | (0.153) | — | — | | Constant | −0.3020*** | (0.003) | −2.0829*** | (0.000) | −1.1487*** | (0.000) | 1.0291*** | (0.000) |
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