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How is health associated with employment during later working life in Croatia?*
Article | Year: 2020 | Pages: 99 - 116 | Volume: 44 | Issue: 1 Received: June 1, 2019 | Accepted: October 31, 2019 | Published online: March 3, 2020
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Variable
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Non-missing Na
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Mean (standard deviation) or percent sharea
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Employed
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Not employed
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Employed
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Not employed
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All respondents
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Age
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451
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831
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56.28
(3.50)
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58.74 (3.81)
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57.87
(3.88)
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Gender
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451
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831
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Female (%)
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48.56
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61.37
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56.86
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Male (%)
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51.44
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38.63
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43.14
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Living arrangements
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451
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831
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Lives with partner (%)
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86.92
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81.47
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83.39
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Lives alone (%)
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8.87
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10.35
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9.83
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Lives with others (%)
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4.21
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8.18
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6.79
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Children
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450
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831
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1.77
(0.88)
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1.97
(1.02)
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1.90
(0.98)
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Education
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451
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830
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Low (%)
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9.76
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33.37
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25.06
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Medium (%)
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62.97
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57.47
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59.41
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High (%)
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27.27
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9.16
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15.53
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SRH
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451
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831
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2.60
(1.06)
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3.30
(1.18)
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3.05
(1.18)
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Chronic conditions
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451
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831
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0.86
(1.03)
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1.71
(1.53)
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1.41
(1.44)
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(I)ADLs
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451
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831
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0.05
(0.29)
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0.42
(1.72)
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0.29
(1.40)
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Depression symptoms
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446
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821
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1.69
(1.90)
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2.64
(2.38)
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2.30
(2.27)
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Grip strength
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421
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773
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40.04
(12.29)
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35.90
(11.77)
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37.36
(12.11)
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BMI
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444
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819
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26.64
(4.04)
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27.65
(4.71)
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27.29
(4.51)
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a Unweighted figures. Source: Authors’ calculations based on SHARE Wave 6 data.
Variables (ref. denotes base levels for factors)
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Univariate ORs
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Model 1
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Model 2
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Agea
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0.837 ***
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1.215
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1.205
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Age squared
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0.977 ***
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0.977 ***
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Gender
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Male
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ref.
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ref.
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ref.
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Female
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0.585 ***
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1.973
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1.842
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Age-gender interaction
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Age x female
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0.734 *
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0.740 *
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Age squared x female
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1.015
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1.016
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Living arrangements
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Lives with partner
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ref.
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ref.
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ref.
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Lives alone
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0.817
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0.735
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0.707
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Lives with others
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0.501 **
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0.467 **
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0.536 **
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Children
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0.811 ***
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0.810 ***
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0.825 **
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Education
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Low
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0.267 ***
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0.401 ***
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0.412 ***
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Medium
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ref.
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ref.
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ref.
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High
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2.641 ***
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3.259 ***
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3.527 ***
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SRHc
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0.590 ***
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0.684 ***
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0.905
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Chronic conditions
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0.582 ***
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0.719 ***
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(I)ADLs
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0.552 ***
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0.814 **
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Depression symptoms
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0.812 ***
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0.934 *
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Grip strength
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First quintile
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0.702 *
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1.106
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Second quintile
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0.852
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0.982
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Third quintile
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ref.
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ref.
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Fourth quintile
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1.236
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1.036
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Fifth quintile
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1.467 *
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1.175
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BMId
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0.946***
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0.968 *
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Constant
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1.291
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2.262
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N
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1248
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1248
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1248
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Clusters in sample
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868
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868
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868
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Wald Chi squared
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225.03 ***
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252.34 ***
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* p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01. a Values are centred around age 50. b Values are centred around 3 (good SRH). c Observations with missing data on grip strength are included as a separate category; however, we do not report the associated odds ratio (it is insignificant). d Values are centred around BMI of 25 (cut-off for overweight).Source: Authors’ calculations based on SHARE Wave 6 data.
Variables
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Model 1
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Model 2
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SRH
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−0.065***
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−0.016
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Chronic conditions
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−0.054***
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(I)ADLs
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−0.034**
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Depression symptoms
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−0.011*
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Grip strengtha
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First quintile
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0.017
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Second quintile
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−0.003
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Third quintile
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ref.
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Fourth quintile
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0.006
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Fifth quintile
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0.027
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BMI
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−0.005*
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* p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01. a Average marginal effect for factor levels is the discrete change from the base level (ref.). Source: Authors’ calculations based on SHARE Wave 6 data.
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