Table 4 Ordered probit estimation results on happiness and life satisfaction by gender
From: The value of health
All | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Happiness | Life satisfaction | Happiness | Life satisfaction | Happiness | Life satisfaction | |
Control variables | ||||||
Male | -0.066* (0.029) | -0.089** (0.027) | ||||
Log income | 0.162** (0.026) | 0.212** (0.024) | 0.181** (0.039) | 0.257** (0.035) | 0.149** (0.035) | 0.174** (0.032) |
Age | -0.046** (0.005) | -0.036** (0.005) | -0.046** (0.007) | -0.043** (0.007) | -0.046** (0.007) | -0.031** (0.006) |
Age2/100 | 0.039** (0.005) | 0.035** (0.005) | 0.041** (0.007) | 0.041** (0.007) | 0.038** (0.007) | 0.029** (0.006) |
Marital status | 0.457** (0.036) | 0.289** (0.033) | 0.485** (0.055) | 0.301** (0.049) | 0.421** (0.048) | 0.280** (0.044) |
Urban area | -0.000 (0.011) | 0.019 (0.010) | -0.004 (0.017) | 0.007 (0.015) | 0.003 (0.015) | 0.027* (0.014) |
Disease category variables | ||||||
Disease 1 | -0.197** (0.034) | -0.220** (0.031) | -0.180** (0.051) | -0.175** (0.046) | -0.204** (0.045) | -0.252** (0.042) |
Disease 2 | -0.142** (0.042) | -0.137** (0.038) | -0.177** (0.062) | -0.135** (0.056) | -0.115* (0.057) | -0.137** (0.053) |
Disease 3 | -0.153 (0.092) | -0.280** (0.085) | -0.240 (0.126) | -0.243* (0.115) | -0.049 (0.137) | -0.304* (0.127) |
Disease 4 | -0.109* (0.044) | -0.096* (0.040) | -0.191** (0.067) | -0.129* (0.061) | -0.049 (0.058) | -0.071 (0.054) |
Disease 5 | -0.099** (0.030) | -0.067* (0.027) | -0.084* (0.043) | -0.043 (0.039) | -0.114** (0.041) | -0.088* (0.038) |
Disease 6 | -0.158** (0.041) | -0.272** (0.038) | -0.169** (0.067) | -0.221** (0.061) | -0.154** (0.053) | -0.297** (0.049) |
Disease 7 | -0.216** (0.038) | -0.192** (0.035) | -0.240** (0.069) | -0.283** (0.063) | -0.199* (0.046) | -0.150** (0.042) |
Disease 8 | -0.100 (0.074) | -0.010 (0.069) | 0.006 (0.108) | -0.006 (0.098) | -0.189 (0.103) | -0.012 (0.096) |
Disease 9 | 0.031 (0.061) | -0.059 (0.056) | 0.128 (0.090) | 0.032 (0.081) | -0.064 (0.083) | -0.143 (0.077) |
Location points | ||||||
α1 | -2.345** (0.293) | -0.601* (0.261) | -2.084** (0.438) | -0.217 (0.385) | -2.497** (0.395) | -0.869* (0.356) |
α2 | -1.500** (0.286) | 0.063 (0.261) | -1.252** (0.427) | 0.405 (0.385) | -1.638** (0.387) | -0.167 (0.355) |
α3 | -0.802** (0.285) | 1.552** (0.261) | -0.572 (0.426) | 1.975** (0.386) | -0.922* (0.385) | 1.255** (0.356) |
α4 | 1.392** (0.285) | 2.783** (0.262) | 1.732** (0.426) | 3.193** (0.387) | 1.180** (0.386) | 2.499** (0.357) |
#observations | 6866 | 6874 | 3291 | 3294 | 3575 | 3580 |
McFadden R2 | 0.044 | 0.032 | 0.041 | 0.030 | 0.048 | 0.035 |