Table 4 Impact of children’s gender differences and other reproductive behaviours on older rural women’s longevity

Having a son

−2.342**

(1.095)

Having a daughter

0.312

(0.843)

Having sons and daughters

−0.526

(0.736)

Age at first birth

0.251***

0.135**

(0.055)

(0.057)

Age at last birth

0.263***

0.222***

(0.043)

(0.045)

Marital status

5.767***

5.810***

5.786***

5.996***

5.276***

4.890***

(0.905)

(0.909)

(0.908)

(0.965)

(0.971)

(0.926)

Ethnic group

0.284

0.337

0.370

0.696

0.613

0.071

(0.770)

(0.773)

(0.772)

(0.936)

(0.941)

(0.915)

Education status

−4.143***

−4.249***

−4.256***

−3.928***

−4.046***

−4.269***

(0.933)

(0.935)

(0.935)

(0.974)

(0.967)

(0.933)

Living with family

2.262***

2.227***

2.211***

2.170***

2.667***

2.370***

(0.696)

(0.701)

(0.701)

(0.766)

(0.770)

(0.739)

Hypertension

−3.263***

− 3.341***

− 3.301***

− 3.045***

− 3.319***

−3.037***

(0.672)

(0.675)

(0.675)

(0.730)

(0.730)

(0.699)

Diabetes

−4.552***

−4.398***

− 4.434***

− 4.444***

−3.716***

−4.484***

(1.324)

(1.343)

(1.342)

(1.422)

(1.416)

(1.365)

Cardiovascular diseases

−0.536

−0.404

−0.464

−0.389

−0.302

−0.067

(0.726)

(0.731)

(0.730)

(0.786)

(0.784)

(0.749)

Apoplexy

−2.027**

−1.930**

−1.903**

−1.692*

−1.661*

−1.261

(0.902)

(0.908)

(0.908)

(0.955)

(0.959)

(0.912)

Respiratory diseases

2.019**

1.928*

1.946*

1.869*

1.812*

1.939*

(1.005)

(1.008)

(1.008)

(1.046)

(1.038)

(1.002)

Cancer

−7.180***

−7.245***

−7.223***

−7.088***

−6.664***

−6.414***

(1.591)

(1.596)

(1.596)

(1.633)

(1.621)

(1.541)

Medical insurance

−1.969**

−2.024**

−2.047**

− 1.565

− 1.565

− 1.624*

(0.890)

(0.893)

(0.892)

(0.983)

(0.981)

(0.944)

Public older adult Insurance

−0.686

−0.672

−0.709

−0.840

−0.583

−0.833

(0.684)

(0.688)

(0.687)

(0.727)

(0.731)

(0.707)

Smoking

−14.645*

−14.648*

−14.530*

− 14.003*

−15.221*

− 14.301*

(7.937)

(7.964)

(7.963)

(7.992)

(7.920)

(7.529)

Clean energy in the kitchen

0.428

0.404

0.414

0.390

0.555

0.869

(0.558)

(0.562)

(0.561)

(0.600)

(0.603)

(0.582)

Middle region

−0.842

−1.046

−1.021

−0.586

−1.237

− 0.992

(0.723)

(0.720)

(0.721)

(0.763)

(0.772)

(0.748)

West region

−1.438**

−1.614**

− 1.558**

−1.481*

− 1.929**

−2.061***

(0.725)

(0.724)

(0.726)

(0.760)

(0.758)

(0.734)

_cons

95.751***

93.441***

94.180***

87.097***

83.473***

81.904***

(1.615)

(1.523)

(1.457)

(1.932)

(2.103)

(2.186)

Obs.

829

827

827

722

704

704

R-squared

0.234

0.227

0.227

0.248

0.268

0.284