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Table 2 Estimated associations with changes in normalised health variables between baseline and each wavea

From: Widening disparities in health between educational levels and their determinants in later life: evidence from a nine-year cohort study

 

Men (n = 9320 × 10 waves)

Women (n = 10,704 × 10 waves)

Model A

Model B

Model A

Model B

Coef. b

SEc

Coef.

SE

Coef.

SE

Coef.

SE

(1) Self-rated healthd

 Low-educated

0.116***

(0.012)

0.081***

(0.015)

0.105***

(0.011)

0.092***

(0.014)

 Low-educated × Wave

  

0.006***

(0.002)

  

0.002

(0.002)

 Wave

0.017***

(0.001)

0.016***

(0.001)

0.015***

(0.001)

0.014***

(0.001)

 Self-rated health at baseline

−0.467***

(0.004)

−0.467***

(0.004)

−0.474***

(0.004)

−0.474***

(0.004)

(2) Functional limitationsd

 Low-educated

0.039***

(0.011)

0.020

(0.015)

0.089***

(0.012)

0.029

(0.016)

 Low-educated × Wave

  

0.004*

(0.002)

  

0.011***

(0.002)

 Wave

0.015***

(0.001)

0.015***

(0.001)

0.019***

(0.001)

0.017***

(0.001)

 Functional limitations at baseline

−0.538***

(0.005)

−0.538***

(0.005)

−0.440***

(0.005)

−0.440***

(0.005)

(3) Psychological distressd

 Low-educated

0.092***

(0.012)

0.018

(0.014)

0.052***

(0.012)

0.021

(0.015)

 Low-educated × Wave

  

0.014***

(0.002)

  

0.006***

(0.002)

 Wave

−0.001

(0.001)

−0.003***

(0.001)

0.006***

(0.001)

0.005***

(0.001)

 Psychological distress at baseline

−0.431***

(0.005)

−0.431***

(0.005)

−0.380***

(0.005)

−0.380***

(0.005)

  1. aControlled for ages at baseline. b Coefficient. c Standard error. d Normalised by mean and standard deviation
  2. ***p < 0.001, *p < 0.05