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Table 8 Impact of air quality on ADL disability: Based on fixed effects

From: Determining the effect of air quality on activities of daily living disability: using tracking survey data from 122 cities in China

Variable

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

lnSO2

−0.0130(0.0095)

   

lnNO2

 

−0.0238(0.0153)

  

lnPM10

  

−0.0584***(0.0185)

 

lnAQI

   

0.0002(0.0003)

Serious illness

−0.0157***(0.0054)

−0.0155***(0.0054)

− 0.0149***(0.0054)

−0.0155***(0.0054)

Depression

0.0135**(0.0057)

0.0134**(0.0057)

0.0139**(0.0057)

0.0134**(0.0057)

Self-reported health

−0.0071(0.0050)

−0.0070(0.0050)

− 0.0065(0.0050)

−0.0072(0.0050)

Body disability

−0.0651***(0.0119)

−0.0652***(0.0119)

− 0.0658***(0.0119)

−0.0649***(0.0119)

Physical pain

−0.0126***(0.0036)

−0.0129***(0.0036)

− 0.0128***(0.0036)

−0.0128***(0.0036)

Individual / Year

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

F Test

5.87

5.89

6.26

5.81

R2

0.0127

0.0127

0.0135

0.0126

Observations

26,218

26,218

26,218

26,218

  1. Abbreviations: AQI Air Quality Index, SO2 Sulfur Dioxide, NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide, PM10 Inhalable Particles
  2. Note: Standard errors are in brackets; *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. The control variable results are not listed here