Research Article
Health Behaviour and Health Assessment: Evidence from German Microdata
Table 5
Estimation results self-assessed health.
| | Male | Female |
| | Age 30–44 | 0.2977*** | (0.000) | 0.2592*** | (0.000) | | Age 45–59 | 0.6679*** | (0.000) | 0.5649*** | (0.000) | | Age 60–74 | 0.6214*** | (0.000) | 0.6162*** | (0.000) | | Age | 0.4751*** | (0.000) | 0.5444*** | (0.000) | | O-level | −0.0256 | (0.570) | −0.0683 | (0.110) | | High school | −0.0746 | (0.248) | −0.0463 | (0.445) | | University | −0.1379*** | (0.005) | −0.1018** | (0.047) | | Handicap | 0.3194*** | (0.000) | 0.2277*** | (0.000) | | Hospital | 0.2024*** | (0.002) | 0.1012* | (0.058) | | 1-2 doctor visits | 0.2143*** | (0.000) | 0.2030*** | (0.000) | | 3-4 doctor visits | 0.4321*** | (0.000) | 0.4303*** | (0.000) | | At least 5 doctor visits | 0.6511*** | (0.000) | 0.5697*** | (0.000) | | Physical functioning | −0.0388*** | (0.000) | −0.0389*** | (0.000) | | Role physical | −0.0189*** | (0.000) | −0.0207*** | (0.000) | | Bodily pain | −0.0314*** | (0.000) | −0.0301*** | (0.000) | | Vitality | −0.0256*** | (0.000) | −0.0191*** | (0.000) | | Social functioning | −0.0086*** | (0.003) | −0.0056** | (0.026) | | Role emotional | −0.0012 | (0.686) | 0.0004 | (0.886) | | Mental health | −0.0094*** | (0.000) | −0.0153*** | (0.000) |
| | N | 4132 | | 4581 | | | AIC | 7606.4021 | | 8675.2875 | | | BIC | 7751.9120 | | 8823.1699 | | | Log pseudo-Likelihood | −3780.2011 | | −4314.6437 | | | Wald test (χ²(28)) | 2267.40*** | | 2504.58*** | | | Pseudo R² | 0.3106 | | 0.3034 | |
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