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Table 5 The effect of new rural social pension on health-related quality of life of the rural older people with different pension enrolment times and socioeconomic characteristics

From: The effect of social pension on health-related quality of life of the rural older people: a panel study from China

  

Physical Functioning

Role-Physical

Bodily Pain

General Health

Vitality

Social Functioning

Role-Emotional

Mental Health

Enrollment time of the NRSP

\( \ge \)2 years

1.81** (0.75)

1.99** (0.88)

-1.82 (1.16)

-1.96 (1.56)

0.29

(1.88)

1.83

(2.33)

1.03

(2.18)

2.66* (1.50)

\( \ge \)5 years

1.62** (0.76)

1.99** (0.93)

-1.81 (1.22)

-1.75 (1.64)

0.53

(1.97)

1.36

(2.45)

0.51

(2.31)

2.61* (1.58)

Gender

Male

2.14

(1.38)

4.66** (2.10)

-2.26 (2.09)

-0.65 (2.91)

-2.23 (3.33)

0.30

(4.36)

-5.56 (4.14)

3.70 (2.70)

Female

1.87** (0.86)

1.20 (1.02)

-1.76 (1.43)

-1.54 (1.91)

1.89

(2.36)

2.45

(2.84)

4.11

(2.60)

3.29* (1.82)

Age

\( <\)70

0.84

(0.79)

0.26 (0.93)

-1.26 (3.09)

-3.09 (1.97)

-0.78 (2.07)

1.60

(2.79)

-3.13 (2.54)

1.45 (1.78)

\( \ge \)70

4.00** (1.61)

6.16*** (1.80)

-3.48** (1.39)

-1.51 (2.97)

3.03

(3.83)

2.02

(4.65)

11.59*** (4.21)

7.21** (3.04)

Educational attainment

Non-education

2.33** (1.11)

3.12** (1.43)

-2.54 (1.65)

-2.31 (2.21)

-1.52

(3.01)

-1.86

(3.61)

-2.57

(3.53)

2.89 (2.28)

Have education

1.62*

(0.94)

0.57 (1.19)

-0.49 (1.82)

0.73 (2.53)

1.46

(2.31)

4.40

(3.04)

3.95

(2.66)

2.78 (1.86)

Marital status

Married

1.32*

(0.77)

1.64* (0.93)

-2.97** (1.28)

-1.30 (1.76)

-0.28

(2.07)

2.18

(2.60)

0.22

(2.44)

3.23** (1.62)

Otherwise

3.52** (1.68)

3.62* (2.18)

1.77 (2.40)

-2.39 (3.41)

2.28

(4.24)

-2.20

(5.24)

4.71

(4.71)

2.98 (3.34)

Annual household income

\( <\)50%

2.24** (1.12)

3.12**

(1.43)

-2.54

(1.65)

-2.31

(2.21)

-0.54

(2.70)

5.07

(3.23)

0.49

(3.18)

-0.19 (2.09)

\( \ge \)50%

1.12

(1.05)

0.57

(1.19)

-0.49

(1.82)

0.73

(2.53)

0.06

(2.94)

-2.11

(3.65)

2.70

(3.46)

6.31*** (2.27)

Region

Easter Area

0.67

(1.32)

0.87 (1.65)

-1.53 (1.79)

1.53 (3.19)

1.58

(3.10)

4.09

(4.06)

-2.34

(4.09)

0.55 (2.68)

Middle and West Area

2.28*** (0.85)

2.52** (1.03)

-1.88 (1.45)

-2.70 (1.72)

-0.20

(2.32)

-0.44

(2.79)

2.64

(2.53)

3.83** (1.76)

  1. Notes: † Cells represent coefficient (robust standard error) of PSM-DID model. ‡ The control variables include: gender, age, marital status, education level, annual household income (log), intergenerational support (log), number of children alive, medical insurance, smoking history, alcohol consumption history, physical activity, and region. § *, **, *** indicate the significance levels of 10%, 5%, and 1% respectively
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