Marital Status, the Economic Benefits of Marriage, and Days of Inactivity due to Poor Health

Table 4

Zero-inflated negative binomial regression for days inactive due to poor health: interaction effect of marital status and age group.

	IRR	𝑃>|𝑡|
Married x age 20–39 (reference)	1.00
Married x age 40–64	10.81	.00
Married x age 65+	2.81	.00
Widowed x age 20–39	2.16	.11
Widowed x age 40–64	1.78	.16
Widowed x age 65+	2.34	.00
Divorced/separated x age 20–39	1.46	.04
Divorced/separated x age 40–64	1.87	.00
Divorced/Separated x age 65+	2.34	.00
Never married x age 20–39	1.32	.10
Never married x age 40–64	2.33	.00
Never married x age 65+	2.72	.00
Cohabiting x age 20–39	1.56	.01
Cohabiting x age 40–64	1.58	.02
Cohabiting x age 65+	3.13	.08
Year of interview	1.06	.25
Female	1.01	.94
Ethnicity
Non-hispanic white (reference)	1.00
Non-hispanic black	1.09	.44
Hispanic	1.06	.62
Other ethnicity	1.22	.26
Household size	.98	.54
Education	.87	.00
Current smoker	1.32	.00
Obese	1.22	.00
Usual source of care	1.42	.00
Any health insurance	1.12	.28
Poverty to income ratio	.69	.00
Constant	3.21	.00
Inflate
Age
20–39 (reference)	1.00
40–64	.04	.61
65+	.61	.00
Physically active	.42	.00
Constant	.58	.00
/Lnalpha	.77	.00
Alpha	2.17