The relationship between formal and informal care among Chinese older adults: based on the 2014 CLHLS dataset

Table 5 The effect of health formal care on receiving informal care among older adults (n = 1607)

	OLS⁺		IV⁺⁺ (2SLS)
	Beta	St. Beta	Beta	St. Beta
Constant	−56.296**		− 124.082**
Yearly inpatient expenditure	0.0004**	0.088	0.010**
Gender^a	3.367	0.028	1.782	0.015
Age	0.886**	0.157	1.518**	0.269
Marital status^b	−8.047*	−0.062	−26.255**	−0.201
Residence status^c	8.385**	0.072	−8.668	−0.074
Income per capita yearly	2.625E-5⁺⁺⁺	0.014	−0.001**	−0.332
Cognitive status	5.786**	0.085	4.885	0.072
Number of available social services in the community	−1.035	−0.032	0.250	0.008
Number of expected social services in the community	0.828	0.044	2.745*	0.147
R²	0.075		0.035
F-statistic	14.019**		6.298

Note: ⁺ordinary least square, ⁺⁺instrument variable, ⁺⁺⁺ 0.00002625,*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
^aReferent is female. ^bReferent is married. ^c Referent is urban sample

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