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Table 3 Determinants of increase in different types of activity and change in social network — results from the GSEM

From: Social and private activity after retirement—substitutes or complements

VARIABLES

Informal social activity

Formal social activity

Private solitary activity

Private sociable activity

Change in friends & acquaintances

Change in family

Increase in priv. solit. act

0.046

0.381**

 

0.139

0.103

0.052

(0.289)

(0.175)

 

(0.192)

(0.073)

(0.164)

Increase in priv. soc. act

-0.217

0.162

0.471**

 

0.081

0.137*

(0.290)

(0.178)

(0.178)

 

(0.059)

(0.078)

Increase in inform. soc. act

 

0.185

0.510

-0.017

0.224***

0.295***

 

(0.315)

(0.424)

(0.259)

(0.080)

(0.067)

Increase in formal soc. act

0.444

 

0.427*

0.284

0.153*

0.050

(0.330)

 

(0.247)

(0.187)

(0.082)

(0.117)

Family

0.260***

0.042

0.042

0.147

  

(0.080)

(0.084)

(0.090)

(0.101)

  

Friends & acquaintances

0.046

0.189

-0.097

0.070

  

(0.214)

(0.119)

(0.167)

(0.128)

  

Change in friends & acquaintances

0.355**

0.266**

-0.088

0.145

  

(0.180)

(0.129)

(0.169)

(0.168)

  

Change in family

0.256***

0.092

-0.053

0.104*

  

(0.071)

(0.127)

(0.069)

(0.058)

  

Age

0.022

0.014

0.024***

0.040***

  

(0.015)

(0.026)

(0.008)

(0.016)

  

Years of education

0.071***

0.086***

0.035

0.067***

  

(0.019)

(0.028)

(0.037)

(0.018)

  

Females

-0.015

-0.204

0.490***

0.082

  

(0.267)

(0.278)

(0.184)

(0.186)

  

Living in the country

0.300

0.130

-0.062

0.062

  

(0.257)

(0.294)

(0.210)

(0.283)

  

Household size

-0.199*

-0.041

0.037

0.002

  

(0.120)

(0.122)

(0.095)

(0.058)

  

Life satisfaction

0.071

0.081

-0.069

0.048

  

(0.051)

(0.058)

(0.065)

(0.030)

  

Trusting people

-0.050

0.041

0.008

-0.038

  

(0.068)

(0.044)

(0.053)

(0.036)

  

Praying

-0.177

0.816**

-0.430

0.050

  

(0.326)

(0.327)

(0.335)

(0.128)

  

Limitations

-0.193

-0.255**

0.038

-0.227*

  

(0.136)

(0.127)

(0.032)

(0.136)

  

Income (ln)

0.045

0.081

-0.046

-0.031

  

(0.029)

(0.069)

(0.090)

(0.092)

  

Active country

0.339

0.501**

0.577**

0.660***

  

(0.369)

(0.243)

(0.254)

(0.227)

  

Received help

0.543**

     

(0.250)

     

Constant

-46.46

-33.30

-46.68***

-85.85***

-0.12***

0.04

(29.72)

(50.98)

(14.65)

(31.16)

(0.04)

(0.08)

Residuals covariance (regarding the change in social networks)

  

-0.19***

(0.03)

Observations

1684

1684

1684

1684

1684

1684

  1. Source: Authors’ own analysis based on SHARE wave 4 and 6, release 6.1.1
  2. Robust standard errors in parentheses. Significance levels: *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. Country reference group including Poland, Czech Republic, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Slovenia and Estonia. In all models, variables controlling level of adequate activity in first period are included