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Table 2 Multiple linear regression of factors associated with disability, full and stratified models, adults aged 50-79 years, China, SAGE Wave 1

From: Disability and ageing in China and India – decomposing the effects of gender and residence. Results from the WHO study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)

 

Full model

Model stratified by gender

Model stratified by residence

 

Total (N = 11,694)

Men (N = 5488)

Women (N = 6206)

Urban (N = 5721)

Rural (N = 5973)

 

Coefficient (95% CI)

Coefficient (95% CI)

Coefficient (95% CI)

Coefficient (95% CI)

Coefficient (95% CI)

Intercept

−9.13 (−12.9,5.34)

−9.98 (−14.5,-5.42)

−6.04 (−10.1,-1.95)

−8.24 (−12.8,-3.64)

−12.3 (−19.2,-5.42)

Age

0.38 (0.33,0.43)

0.38 (0.31,0.45)

0.38 (0.34,0.43)

0.38 (0.30,0.45)

0.39 (0.33,0.46)

Gender (Reference men)

 Women

2.35 (1.73,2.97)

NA

NA

1.52 (0.64,2.40)

3.12 (2.19,4.04)

Marital status (Reference married/cohabiting)

 Separated/divorced/widowed/single

0.97 (−0.13,2.06)

2.50 (0.54,4.47)

0.39 (−0.49,1.27)

0.91 (0.02,1.80)

1.00 (−1.07,3.07)

Education (Reference college/university)

 Completed secondary

2.71 (0.87,4.55)

2.68 (0.16,5.21)

3.06 (1.09,5.03)

2.20 (0.40,4.01)

10.3 (5.60,15.0)

 Completed primary

4.22 (1.91,6.52)

3.74 (0.85,6.62)

5.27 (2.91,7.64)

4.91 (2.22,7.60)

10.2 (5.74,14.7)

 No primary

4.87 (2.71,7.04)

4.65 (1.87,7.43)

5.49 (3.26,7.72)

5.09 (2.64,7.54)

11.4 (6.77,16.0)

Employment (Reference currently working)

 Not currently working

3.28 (2.41,4.14)

4.26 (2.89,5.64)

2.07 (0.97,3.16)

3.26 (1.81,4.71)

3.47 (2.19,4.74)

 Never worked

3.40 (1.95,4.84)

3.74 (1.80,5.68)

2.75 (1.23,4.27)

3.51 (0.45,6.56)

3.41 (1.73,5.10)

Household wealth (Reference wealthiest)

 Second wealthiest quintile

4.64 (2.55,6.74)

5.23 (2.95,7.50)

4.06 (1.67,6.45)

3.54 (0.82,6.26)

6.34 (3.61,9.08)

 Mid quintile

5.98 (3.86,8.10)

6.88 (4.69,9.08)

5.06 (2.66,7.45)

5.20 (2.39,8.01)

7.15 (4.38,9.92)

 Second poorest quintile

6.27 (4.17,8.37)

6.99 (4.92,9.06)

5.51 (3.02,8.00)

7.92 (5.06,10.8)

6.28 (3.55,9.02)

 Poorest quintile

7.89 (5.37,10.4)

8.98 (6.40,11.6)

6.76 (4.01,9.51)

8.54 (5.74,11.4)

8.37 (4.64,12.1)

Residence (Reference urban)

 Rural

5.38 (4.11,6.64)

5.02 (3.46,6.59))

5.54 (4.26,6.82)

NA

NA

Chronic conditions (Reference no conditions)

 One condition

7.21 (6.63,7.79)

8.00 (7.07,8.93)

6.48 (5.68,7.28)

6.84 (6.05,7.64)

7.44 (6.56,8.32)

 Two or more conditions

12.8 (11.7,13.9)

12.6 (11.0,14.2)

12.7 (11.6,13.9)

13.7 (12.2,15.2)

11.2 (9.62,12.8)

R-squared

0.28

0.26

0.27

0.29

0.23

Variance Inflation Factor (VIF)

1.38

1.35

1.36

1.40

1.30

  1. Note: Survey sampling weights applied
  2. NA not applicable