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Table 2 Determinants of changes in physical activity. Results from adjusted fixed effects regression analyses

From: Associations between starting and stopping volunteering and physical activity among older adults - longitudinal evidence from the German Ageing Survey

 

All

Men

Women

Start volunteering

1,078.93 + (554.69)

1,751.54* (724.50)

187.25 (881.68)

Stop volunteering

-285.61 (469.88)

-320.76 (583.55)

-158.96 (813.88)

Age

-98.58 + (52.62)

-144.82* (69.07)

-32.12 (82.19)

Marital status (Ref. = married, living together)

Married living apart

-1,039.39 (2,069.47)

-2,187.51 (2,445.91)

2,150.33 (2,149.35)

Divorced

1,716.36 (2,168.67)

745.69 (2,812.33)

3,047.54*** (375.10)

Widowed

-294.07 (737.95)

579.37 (839.91)

-1,232.77 (1,317.73)

Single

1,789.02*** (509.86)

1,731.16*** (320.71)

800.70 (1,800.62)

OECD monthly equivalence income

0.07 (0.26)

-0.06 (0.40)

0.22 (0.34)

Self-efficacy from 1 (low) to 4 (high)

652.05 + (373.56)

482.72 (512.59)

795.75 (558.87)

Self-rated health (Ref. = very good)

Good

-147.92 (475.16)

134.34 (602.10)

-580.18 (755.03)

Average

-433.81 (548.77)

-50.46 (697.30)

-936.86 (885.64)

Bad

-680.87 (704.32)

-850.71 (866.80)

-550.04 (1,167.23)

Very bad

-1,174.35 (1,124.97)

-1,936.18 (1,610.87)

-192.76 (1,340.67)

Sum of morbidities (from 0 to 11)

-56.79 (104.21)

65.80 (115.74)

-234.51 (186.68)

Physical functioning (SF36 subscale) from 0 (worst) to 100 (best)

12.59 (8.51)

11.34 (10.49)

14.86 (14.25)

Incidence of accident or disease (Ref. = disease)

Accident

864.81 (540.77)

1,106.20 (801.12)

734.16 (780.71)

Both, accident and disease

343.44 (641.12)

401.97 (850.01)

426.88 (944.51)

No, neither

91.51 (273.69)

134.59 (327.13)

25.81 (494.26)

Constant

10,228.43*

13,764.99*

5,687.53

 

(4,279.45)

(5,688.68)

(6,650.21)

Observations

5,682

3,172

2,510

Number of individuals

4,075

2,242

1,833

R2

0.02

0.03

0.02

  1. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, + p < 0.10
  2. Unstandardized regression coefficients are displayed. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  3. Ref Reference group