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Table 6 Impact of bereavement on self-assessed health, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011–2015

From: Gender differential impact of bereavement on health outcomes: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, 2011–2015

Variables

Coefficient

SE

p-value

Bereaved

0.093

(0.242)

0.703

Year 1 after bereavement among bereaved

−0.238

(0.212)

0.262

Year 2 after bereavement among bereaved

−0.070

(0.257)

0.786

Year 3 after bereavement among bereaved

0.293

(0.236)

0.216

Year 1 after Bereaved

0.238

(0.166)

0.153

Year 2 after Bereaved

−0.109

(0.173)

0.529

Year 3 after Bereaved

−0.199

(0.181)

0.272

Woman

0.295

(0.192)

0.124

Working in Baseline Year

−0.395***

(0.087)

< 0.001

Rural Hukou

0.475***

(0.121)

< 0.001

Having diabetes in baseline year

0.908***

(0.150)

< 0.001

Having heart disease in baseline year

1.031***

(0.114)

< 0.001

More than 5 years schooling

−0.343**

(0.160)

0.033

Receiving public pension/assistance

−0.063

(0.090)

0.486

Bereaved * Women

−0.048

(0.220)

0.829

/cut1

−2.114***

(0.316)

< 0.001

/cut2

−0.861***

(0.237)

< 0.001

/cut3

1.473***

(0.218)

< 0.001

/cut4

3.466***

(0.228)

< 0.001

Model fit: F = 13.76, Prob>F = < 0.001

   
  1. (1) Results are from weighted ordinal logit regressions
  2. (2) Robust standard errors clustered at person level are in parentheses
  3. (3) *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1
  4. (4) Self-assessed health: 1.Very Good, 2.Good, 3.Fair, 4.Poor, 5.Very Poor