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Table 4 OLS Regression of Subjective Well-Being on Health Lifestyle Latent Classes and Other Control Variables: Chinese Oldest-Old Aged 85–105, 2014

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

Variables

Self-Rated Life

Positive Feelings

Negative Feelings

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

b

S.E.

b

S.E.

b

S.E.

Health Lifestyle Latent Class

(Ref. = Class 3: Consistent engagement in healthy behaviors)

Class 1 (less healthy diet, not smoking, not drinking, poor sleep, low physical exercise & leisure activities)

−0.21***

0.06

−0.56***

0.13

0.87***

0.18

Class 2 (less healthy diet, not smoking, not drinking, good sleep, lowest physical exercise & leisure activities)

−0.11*

0.06

− 0.26***

0.13

0.43**

0.18

Class 4 (moderate diet, smoking and drinking, moderate sleep, moderate exercise and leisure activity engagement)

−0.03

0.06

−0.45**

0.14

0.45*

0.20

Control Variables

Age

0.00***

0.00

0.01***

0.01

0.02

0.01

Sex (Ref. = female)

−0.06

0.04

0.06

0.10

−0.30*

0.14

Residence (Ref. = rural)

0.03

0.04

0.07

0.09

−0.22*

0.13

R’s years of schooling

0.01

0.01

0.04*

0.02

−0.06*

0.03

R’s natural logged per capita family income

0.09***

0.02

0.05*

0.02

0.04

0.06

R’s occupation before age 60 (Ref. = nonprofessional or non-administrative)

0.17*

0.09

−0.06

0.19

−0.05

0.27

R often when to bed hungry in childhood

−0.02

0.05

−0.26

0.10

0.06

0.14

R had ADL disability

0.07

0.04

−0.08

0.10

0.13

0.14

R’s spouse died since last survey year

0.09

0.05

−0.16

0.11

0.46***

0.15

R lived alone

0.03

0.17

−0.36

0.40

−0.18

0.53

R’s self-rated health

0.36***

0.02

0.56***

0.05

−0.77***

0.07

Constant

1.66***

0.39

4.40***

0.90

7.28***

1.27

N

1325

1167

1205

  1. Notes: * < .05, ** < .01, *** < .001. R represents the respondent. b: regression coefficient; S.E. standard error
  2. Source: Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) 2014 data