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Table 5 Tobit regression of social capital and HRQoL (subgroup of being left behind and not being left behind)

From: Association between social capital and health-related quality of life among left behind and not left behind older people in rural China

Variables	Being left behind								Not being left behind
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE
Sex^a
Female	−0.078**	0.028	−0.079**	0.027	−0.072*	0.028	−0.049	0.030	−0.024	0.027	−0.024	0.027	−0.019	0.027	0.009	0.028
Age^b
70-79	0.005	0.031	0.013	0.031	0.018	0.031	0.021	0.031	−0.076*	0.030	−0.076*	0.030	−0.058	0.030	−0.054	0.030
≥ 80	−0.091*	0.038	−0.072	0.038	−0.051	0.040	−0.038	0.041	−0.240***	0.038	−0.239***	0.038	−0.206***	0.040	−0.195***	0.040
Social capital^c
Low			−0.108**	0.032	−0.111**	0.032	−0.108**	0.032			−0.005	0.030	−0.009	0.030	−0.013	0.030
Marital status^d
Others					−0.053	0.035	−0.051	0.035					−0.074*	0.030	−0.059*	0.030
Educational level^e
Illiterate							0.055	0.030							−0.081**	0.029
Observations	415		415		415		415		410		410		410		410
Pseudo R²	0.045		0.079		0.086		0.096		0.123		0.124		0.143		0.167

^aReference: male
^bReference: 60-69 years old
^cReference: high social capital
^dReference: married
^eReference: primary school and above
***p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05

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