Table 3 Determinants of quality of life
From: Oral health and quality of life: findings from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe
Independent variables | Outcome measure: quality of life |
|---|---|
Number of missing natural teeth (count score ranking from 1 to 30) | − 0.03*** (0.00) |
Extent of replaced natural teeth | |
Partially (Reference category: Fully) | − 1.09*** (0.06) |
Not at all | − 1.08*** (0.06) |
Gender: Female (Reference category: Male) | 0.45*** (0.05) |
Marital status: married and living together with spouse; registered partnership (Reference category: Other†) | 0.56*** (0.06) |
Household net income (per year) in Euro | 0.00* (0.00) |
Education | |
Medium educational level (Reference category: low educational level) | 1.22*** (0.05) |
High educational level | 1.28*** (0.07) |
Currently smoking (Reference category: yes) | 0.11*** (0.02) |
Functional impairment | − 1.08*** (0.07) |
Self-rated health (from 1 = “excellent ” to 5 = ”poor”) | − 1.56*** (0.03) |
Depressive symptoms | − 1.13*** (0.01) |
Chronic conditions | − 0.08*** (0.02) |
Constant | 44.54*** (0.14) |
Observations | 44,578 |
R2 | 0.42 |