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Appendix B

Appendix B contains the results from the regressions including health variables. Only the health variables are reported here. The control variables differ from their values in the core models but these differences are minor and are not the focus of this paper, hence they are omitted.

Appendix Table 4 – The association between physical discomfort and psychological distress,
and wealth – core model one
Dependent variable: Log net wealth Coefficient Standard error P-values C.I. 95%
        Lower Upper
Physical discomfort (low discomfort is control)          
     Moderate discomfort -0.1214 0.0363 0.00 -0.1926 -0.0503
     High discomfort -0.1393 0.0440 0.00 -0.2255 -0.0531
Psychological distress (low distress is control)          
     Moderate distress -0.0552 0.0325 0.09 -0.1189 0.0084
     High distress -0.2753 0.0496 0.00 -0.3726 -0.1781
Regression characteristics          
            R-squared value   0.6036      
            Number of observations (Unweighted) 16,400      
  (Weighted) 2,691,300      

Source: SoFIE Waves 1–3, OSMs, longitudinal weights, supplied by Statistics New Zealand

Appendix Table 5 – The association between physical discomfort and psychological distress,
and wealth – core model two
Dependent variable: Log net wealth Coefficient Standard error P-values C.I. 95%
        Lower Upper
Physical discomfort (low discomfort is control)          
     Moderate discomfort -0.1189 0.0357 0.00 -0.1889 -0.0489
     High discomfort -0.1645 0.0442 0.00 -0.2512 -0.0779
Psychological distress (low distress is control)          
     Moderate distress -0.0365 0.0321 0.26 -0.0995 0.0265
     High distress -0.2321 0.0493 0.00 -0.3287 -0.1355
Regression characteristics          
            R-squared value   0.6129      
            Number of observations (Unweighted) 16,300      
  (Weighted) 2,680,200      

Source: SoFIE Waves 1–3, OSMs, longitudinal weights, supplied by Statistics New Zealand

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