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Table 3 Determinants of DI recipiency

From: Health and disability insuranceGesundheitszustand und Erwerbsminderungsrenten

Variables

Probit marginal effects

Linear coefficients

Age (years)

−0.001

−0.001**

(0.0006)

(0.0006)

Gender (dummy)

−0.044***

−0.056***

(0.0070)

(0.0082)

Education (years)

−0.002***

−0.002**

(0.0007)

(0.0007)

Self-perceived Health (1–5)

0.038***

0.039***

(0.0028)

(0.0030)

ADL (0–6)

0.002

0.022

(0.0050)

(0.0140)

IADL (0–7)

0.025***

0.067***

(0.0046)

(0.0125)

Maximal Grip Strength (kg)

−0.001***

−0.001***

(0.0003)

(0.0004)

EURO-D (0–12)

0.004***

0.005***

(0.0012)

(0.0016)

Childhood Illnesses (0–7)

−0.003

−0.005

(0.0027)

(0.0031)

Adulthood Illnesses (0–5)

0.017***

0.037***

(0.0026)

(0.0058)

Working Gaps due to Sickness (0–2)

0.052***

0.118***

(0.0114)

(0.0301)

Period of Very Poor Health (dummy)

0.056***

0.060***

(0.0051)

(0.0061)

Rooms per Person

−0.003

−0.002

(0.0065)

(0.0030)

Number of Books (dummy)

−0.002

−0.002

(0.0055)

(0.0056)

Mathematical Skills (dummy)

−0.007

−0.005

(0.0052)

(0.0050)

Number of Jobs

−0.003***

−0.005***

(0.0013)

(0.0013)

Physical Demand of Work (dummy)

0.022***

0.024***

(0.0053)

(0.0062)

Psychological Demand of Work (dummy)

−0.005

−0.007

(0.0049)

(0.0051)

Married (dummy)

−0.013

−0.019*

(0.0089)

(0.0105)

Divorced (dummy)

0.012*

0.015**

(0.0063)

(0.0072)

Widowed (dummy)

0.005

0.005

(0.0094)

(0.0109)

Coverage (0–5)

0.010***

0.011***

(0.0030)

(0.0036)

Minimum Disability Level (0–5)

0.010***

0.009***

(0.0027)

(0.0025)

Replacement Rate (0–5)

−0.007**

−0.006**

(0.0029)

(0.0027)

Medical Assessment (0–5)

0.005*

0.007***

(0.0025)

(0.0028)

Vocational Assessment (0–5)

−0.017***

−0.017***

(0.0028)

(0.0034)

Unemployment Benefits (0–5)

0.013***

0.014**

(0.0043)

(0.0055)

Constant

 

0.125**

 

(0.0599)

(pseudo) R2

0.233

0.147

  1. Standard errors in parentheses, robust standard errors for the linear model. *** P<0.01; ** P<0.05; * P<0.1 Note: Based on 10 385 individuals of the relevant age range (50 to 64 years in wave 1) with observations in both waves SHARE 2006 and SHARELIFE. Börsch-Supan and Roth (2010)