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Table 3 Item Response Probabilities for Health Lifestyle Indicators Used in Latent Class Analysis: Chinese Older Adults Aged 85–105, 2014

From: Health lifestyles and Chinese oldest-old’s subjective well-being—evidence from a latent class analysis

Variables

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

(less healthy diet, not smoking, not drinking, poor sleep, low physical exercise& leisure activities; 32.4%)

(less healthy diet, not smoking, not drinking, good sleep, lowest physical exercise& leisure activities; 33.6%)

(consistent engagement in healthy behaviors; 21.9%)

(moderate diet, smoking and drinking, moderate sleep, moderate exercise and leisure activity engagement; 12.1%)

Health lifestyle indicators

 1) Eating fresh fruit almost everyday

  Yes

.038

.122

.314

.111

  No

.962

.878

.686

.889

 2) Eating fresh vegetables almost everyday

  Yes

.331

.467

.820

.554

  No

.669

.533

.180

.446

 3) Drinking tea almost everyday

  Yes

.095

.093

.313

.337

  No

.905

.907

.687

.663

 4) Smoking

  Yes

.099

.119

.299

.922

  No

.901

.881

.701

.078

 5) Drinking

  Yes

.089

.109

.190

.865

  No

..911

.891

.810

.135

 6) Good quality of sleep

  Good

.191

.932

.679

.661

  Poor

.809

.068

.321

.339

 7) Normally sleeps at least 8 h

  Yes

.231

.878

.505

.605

  No

.769

.122

.495

.395

 8) Exercising during the past & at present

  Yes

.126

.156

.558

.435

  No

.874

.844

.442

.565

 9) Participating in physical leisure activities almost daily

  Yes

.411

.331

.821

.573

  No

.589

.669

.179

.427

 10) Participating in sedentary leisure activities almost daily

  Yes

.234

.246

.897

.593

  No

.766

.754

.103

.407

  1. Notes: All variables are coded 1 = yes, 0 = no.
  2. Source: Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) 2014 data