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Table 4 Health conditions and working status, Longitudinal (RE) Logistic model, Australians aged 50–70, 2001–2015

From: Workforce participation, health and wealth inequality among older Australians between 2001 and 2015

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Fair & poor health (lag) (yes = 1)

−1.1437***

− 0.9717***

− 0.5541***

   

(0.0832)

(0.0854)

(0.1000)

   

Mental health (lag)

 

0.0199***

0.0141***

0.0141***

0.0162***

0.0170***

 

(0.0022)

(0.0023)

(0.0023)

(0.0022)

(0.0022)

Gen health (lag)

  

0.0197***

0.0263***

  
  

(0.0025)

(0.0021)

  

Health restriction (lag)

    

−1.5091***

 

(Yes = 1)

    

(0.0791)

 

Physical functioning

    

0.0188***

0.0212***

(lag)

    

(0.0018)

(0.0018)

Long term health

     

−0.9517***

Condition (lag) (yes = 1)

     

(0.0682)

Constant

31.52***

30.25***

28.72***

28.28***

27.57***

27.47***

(0.7043)

(0.7113)

(0.7218)

(0.7102)

(0.7182)

(0.7189)

Prob>chi2

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

Observations

38,512

38,360

37,992

38,401

38,421

38,434

No of individuals

6928

6923

6910

6915

6920

6920

  1. Standard errors in parentheses, *** p < 0.01. Models also controlled for lags of net financial assets, financial distress, non-wage income, age, unpaid time, marital status, gender, education level, ethnicity, state, and year dummy variables