Table 5

Hierarchical linear regression analyses of the factors associated with QOL (n=732)

Factor	Block 1 (β)	Block 2 (β)	Block 3 (β)
Age†
70–79	−0.081*	−0.074*	−0.079*
≥80	−0.077	−0.043	−0.050
Income‡
2000–3000	0.157*	0.094*	0.097*
>3000	0.205*	0.108*	0.103*
Gender: female	0.009	−0.048	−0.045
Education§
Junior high school	0.083*	0.037	0.034
Senior high school	0.052	0.027	0.031
College and above	−0.012	−0.028	−0.031
Residence: urban	0.061	0.021	0.002
Living arrangement: empty nester	−0.086*	−0.061	−0.030
Marital status¶
Married	−0.079	−0.064	−0.057
Divorced/widowed	−0.109*	−0.066	−0.054
Chronic disease: yes		−0.239*	−0.234*
Health service satisfaction††
Dissatisfied		0.088	0.086
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied		0.225*	0.196*
Satisfied		0.524*	0.453*
Very satisfied		0.307*	0.258*
Smoking: yes		−0.116*	−0.110*
Physical activity: yes		0.078*	0.078*
Loneliness‡‡
Moderate			−0.190*
Moderately high			−0.260*
F	6.007	12.874	15.246
R²	0.091	0.256	0.308
△R²	0.091	0.165	0.052