Understanding Disabilities among the Elderly in China: Important Factors, Current Situation, and Future Perspective

Table 3

Results of the multiple regression analysis on being disabled or not.

Disabled or not	Coefficient	Standard deviation	t		(95% confidence interval)
Age	0.0023967	0.0010061	2.38	0.017	0.0004229	0.0043706
Gender	0.0052931	0.0044926	1.16	0.248	−0.00362	0.0140063
Educational background	0.0002336	0.00429929	0.06	0.957	−0.008188	0.0086553
Marital status	0.313562	0.148443	2.11	0.035	0.0022352	0.604772
Presence of disability-related issues	−0.1244832	−0.168741	−7.38	0.0001	−0.1575861	−0.913803
Suffering from chronic illnesses	−0.617708	0.0161676	−3.82	0.0001	−0.934878	−0.300539
Cons	0.1476852	0.843754	1.76	0.080	−0.017839	0.3132093
F(6,1323) = 14.64
Prob > F = 0.000
R-squared = 0.0623
Adj R-squared = 0.580
Root MSE = 0.25366