Table 3 Treatment and base heterogeneity effects.

From: Low well-being among middle-aged people: inherent or external factors

  

Treatment

Treatment effect

  

Treated as young population

Treated as middle-age population

Treated as elderly population

\({{{\rm {TE}}}}_{{{\rm {Yo}}}-{{\rm {MA}}}}^{{{\rm {mag}}}}\)

\({{{\rm {TE}}}}_{{{\rm {MA}}}-{{\rm {El}}}}^{{{\rm {mag}}}}\)

\({{{\rm {TE}}}}_{{{\rm {Yo}}}-{{\rm {El}}}}^{{{\rm {mag}}}}\)

Age group

Young Population

5.462

5.382

5.459

0.080***

−0.077***

0.003

 

Middle-age Population

5.605

5.545

5.615

0.060***

−0.070***

−0.010***

 

Elderly Population

5.749

5.681

5.726

0.068***

−0.045***

0.023***

Base heterogeneity effect

\({{{\rm {BHE}}}}_{{{\rm {pag}}}}^{{{\rm {Yo}}}-{{\rm {MA}}}}\)

−0.143***

−0.163***

−0.156***

   
 

\({{{\rm {BHE}}}}_{{{\rm {pag}}}}^{{{\rm {MA}}}-{{\rm {El}}}}\)

−0.144***

−0.136***

−0.111***

   
 

\({{{\rm {BHE}}}}_{{{\rm {pag}}}}^{{{\rm {Yo}}}-{{\rm {El}}}}\)

−0.287***

−0.299***

−0.267***

   
  1. Yo represents the young population, MA represents the middle-aged population, and El represents the elderly population. TE and BHE estimations follow Eqs. (34) and (35) mag and pag could be the young population, middle-aged population, and elderly population.
  2. ***p-value < 1%; **p-value < 5%; *p-value < 10%.