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Global Health Econ Sustain                                   Effects of community-based activities on LTC needs




            Table 4. Zero‑inflated Poisson models of requiring care
             Variables                                                        Requiring care
                                                          People living alone  People cohabitating with the other family members
            Self-assessed poor health                        3.554***                    0.629*
                                                              (0.780)                    (0.365)
            Generalized residuals                             −0.580                     −0.107
                                                              (0.441)                    (0.204)
            LTC insurance premium categories                 −0.0446
                                                             (0.0917)
            LTC insurance premium categories × generalized residuals  0.0569
                                                             (0.0596)
            Dummy for non-taxation categories                                            −0.255
                                                                                         (0.230)
            Gender (male=1)                                   −0.420                     −0.137
                                                              (0.373)                    (0.125)
            Age                                              −0.494***                  −0.0887
                                                              (0.130)                   (0.0546)
            Age squared                                      0.00457***                 0.00112***
                                                             (0.000853)                 (0.000353)
            BMI                                               0.894*                    −0.0950
                                                              (0.468)                    (0.184)
            BMI squared                                      −0.0225**                   0.00316
                                                             (0.0105)                   (0.00378)
            Ling with younger generation                                                 −0.149
                                                                                         (0.137)
            Living in public housing                         −2.625***
                                                              (0.594)
            Dummy variable for participating in sports activities  0.678*               −0.730***
                                                              (0.366)                    (0.210)
            Dummy variable for participating in an elderly club  −0.0232                 −0.253
                                                              (0.317)                    (0.156)
            Dummy variable for participating in a neighborhood association  −0.269      −0.622***
                                                              (0.297)                    (0.144)
            Dummy variable for participating in culture circle activities  2.278***     −1.343***
                                                              (0.463)                    (0.313)
            Inflate
            Dummy variable for participating in care prevention  2.569***                −0.294
                                                              (0.544)                    (0.312)
            Dummy variable for participating in hobby group activities  2.526***         0.655**
                                                              (0.549)                    (0.281)
            Constant                                         −2.229***                  −0.0190
                                                              (0.450)                    (0.263)
            N                                                  441                       2,779
            Note: Standard errors in parentheses. ***p<0.01, **p<0.05, *p<0.1, BMI: Body mass index.





            Volume 1 Issue 1 (2023)                         8                        https://doi.org/10.36922/ghes.0891
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