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Table 3 Estimated hierarchical age-period-cohort-models of adjusted self-rated health, 1986 to 2013

From: Socioeconomic status and self-rated health of Japanese people, based on age, cohort, and period

Fixed effects

Coefficient

P value

 Intercept

−2.533

<0.001

 First quartile of income (ref = fourth quartile of income)

0.253

<0.001

 Second/Third quartile of income (ref = fourth quartile of income)

0.036

0.044

 Age (grand mean centered)

0.094

<0.001

 Age2(grand mean centered)

−0.0004

<0.001

 First quartile of income*age (grand mean centered)

−0.011

<0.001

 Second or third quartile of income*age (grand mean centered)

−0.002

0.030

 Male(ref = female)

−0.105

<0.001

 Labor force participation (ref = non-participation)

−0.410

<0.001

 Non-marriage (ref = marriage)

0.327

<0.001

 Divorce/Bereave (ref = marriage)

0.046

<0.001

 Hokkaido (ref = Kanto)

0.172

<0.001

 Tohoku (ref = Kanto)

0.057

<0.001

 Chubu (ref = Kanto)

0.015

0.252

 Kinki (ref = Kanto)

0.146

<0.001

 Shikoku (ref = Kanto)

0.109

<0.001

 Chugoku (ref = Kanto)

0.154

<0.001

 Kyushu (ref = Kanto)

0.018

0.212

 Mean of age by each cohort

−0.0001

0.977

Random effects

Variance

P value

 Period

  

 Intercept

0.061

0.024

 First quartile of income

0.002

0.066

 Second/Third quartile of incomea

-

-

Cohort

  

 Intercept

0.066

0.003

 First quartile of incomea

-

-

 Second/Third quartile of income

0.0001

0.389

Model fit

  

 -2 Res Log-Pseudo-Likelihood

3883618 (df = 652979.9)

  1. aThe results by Cross-Classified Random Effect Model indicated that G-matrix was not positive. As a result, we excluded these variables for the random effect model