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Health and Retirement of Older New Zealanders WP 12/02

10 Appendix C

Table 14 - Pooled logit (SF12)
Pooled logit
All Males Females
or/se or/se or/se

Dependent variable = participation (base=retired)
Log other HH income 0.990 0.969 1.008
(0.019) (0.028) (0.025)

Net wealth quartiles
(base=lowest quartile)
Quartile 2 0.929 1.163 0.787
(0.144) (0.277) (0.165)
Quartile 3 0.751* 1.096 0.536***
(0.124) (0.259) (0.126)
Highest quartile 0.640** 0.768 0.576**
(0.118) (0.194) (0.153)

Ethnicity (base=Euro)
Māori 1.295* 1.375 1.189
(0.178) (0.269) (0.233)
Other 0.740 0.514 0.942
(0.235) (0.287) (0.348)

Highest qualification (base=none)
Secondary 1.430*** 1.243 1.722***
(0.195) (0.239) (0.341)
Tertiary 1.682** 1.412 2.084**
(0.363) (0.426) (0.667)

Gender (base=male)

 0.743**
(0.099)
Negative attitude toward retirement 1.850*** 1.997*** 1.751***
(0.234) (0.334) (0.343)
Positive attitude toward retirement 0.864 0.771 1.027
(0.117) (0.139) (0.210)
NZS 0.249*** 0.378*** 0.164***
(0.037) (0.079) (0.035)
Other superannuation 0.517*** 0.479*** 0.594*
(0.099) (0.117) (0.172)
On a benefit 0.375*** 0.397*** 0.285***
(0.075) (0.114) (0.079)
Number of Financial Dependents 1.542*** 1.259** 2.086***
(0.139) (0.131) (0.313)
Physical SF12 1.042*** 1.049*** 1.037***
(0.007) (0.010) (0.010)
Mental SF12 1.018*** 1.016* 1.021**
(0.006) (0.009) (0.010)

Marital status
(base=married, non-working spouse)
Separated 2.602*** 1.877 3.321***
(0.653) (0.763) (1.118)
Widow/er 1.581** 1.517 1.699*
(0.367) (0.806) (0.461)
Never married 0.958 0.627 1.585
(0.325) (0.287) (0.718)
Married, working spouse 1.567*** 1.695*** 1.343
(0.194) (0.275) (0.258)

Region (base = main urban)
Other urban 0.810 0.758 0.852
(0.118) (0.154) (0.177)
Rural 0.904 0.990 0.828
(0.140) (0.231) (0.174)
Migrant 1.149 1.211 1.074
(0.233) (0.345) (0.310)
Age 0.804*** 0.788*** 0.811***
(0.017) (0.023) (0.026)
N 3953 2004 1949
Number of clusters 1432 717 716
Avg. obs per cluster 2.8 2.8 2.7
Pseudo R2 0.37 0.35 0.40
Log likelihood -1525.7 -765.0 -738.8

Notes:

  1. Significance levels (***) 0.01 (**) 0.05 (*) 0.10.
  2. Odds ratios and standard errors (in parenthesis) are presented.
  3. The sample used for all regression models consists of those individuals for whom we have at least two consecutive periods of non- missing information.
Table 15 - Pooled logit (self-rated)
Pooled logit
All Males Females
or/se or/se or/se

Dependent variable = participation (base=retired)
Log other HH income 0.989 0.971 1.005
(0.019) (0.029) (0.025)

Net wealth quartiles
(base=lowest quartile)
Quartile 2 0.965 1.175 0.833
(0.148) (0.276) (0.176)
Quartile 3 0.799 1.140 0.589
(0.130) (0.267) (0.138)
Highest Quartile 0.695** 0.835 0.627
(0.126) (0.207) (0.165)

Ethnicity (base=Euro)
Māori 1.280* 1.384* 1.161
(0.175) (0.268) (0.227)
Other 0.781 0.530 1.000
(0.250) (0.297) (0.385)

Highest qualification (base=none)
Secondary 1.429*** 1.287 1.649
(0.193) (0.245) (0.325)
Tertiary 1.667** 1.428 1.977
(0.362) (0.426) (0.639)
Gender (base=male) 0.703***
(0.094)
Negative attitude toward retirement 1.790*** 1.926*** 1.673
(0.226) (0.321) (0.328)
Positive attitude toward retirement 0.849 0.756 1.008
(0.115) (0.134) (0.208)
NZS 0.241*** 0.370*** 0.156
(0.036) (0.077) (0.033)
Other superannuation 0.537*** 0.508*** 0.616
(0.104) (0.125) (0.181)
On a benefit 0.350*** 0.372*** 0.271
(0.070) (0.108) (0.075)
Number of financial dependents 1.530*** 1.257** 2.069
(0.137) (0.130) (0.303)
Physical SF12
Mental SF12

Marital status (base=married, non-working spouse)
Separated 2.769*** 1.973* 3.566
(0.699) (0.803) (1.222)
Widow/er 1.568** 1.590 1.671
(0.359) (0.860) (0.449)
Never married 1.000 0.656 1.571
(0.345) (0.315) (0.717)
Married, working spouse 1.587*** 1.658*** 1.414
(0.198) (0.269) (0.270)

Region (base = main urban)
Other urban 0.811 0.767 0.839
(0.118) (0.154) (0.176)
Rural 0.904 0.942 0.862
(0.138) (0.215) (0.180)
Migrant 1.173 1.257 1.115
(0.237) (0.356) (0.324)
Age 0.802*** 0.786*** 0.811
(0.017) (0.023) (0.026)

Self-rated health (base = excellent)
Very good 0.913 0.727 1.103
(0.150) (0.175) (0.264)
Good 0.564*** 0.526** 0.595
(0.101) (0.134) (0.162)
Fair or poor 0.333*** 0.271*** 0.396
(0.084) (0.089) (0.163)
N 3923 1992 1931
Number of clusters 1432 717 716
Avg. obs per cluster 2.7 2.8 2.7
Pseudo R2 0.37 0.35 0.4
Log likelihood -1527.0 -770.1 -735.7

Notes:

  1. Significance levels (***) 0.01 (**) 0.05 (*) 0.10.
  2. Odds ratios and standard errors (in parenthesis) are presented.
  3. The sample used for all regression models consists of those individuals for whom we have at least two consecutive periods of non- missing information.
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