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Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2022 Sep 22;27(8):1559–1566. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2022.2126821

Table 3.

Estimated Relative Risk Ratios of Changes in Participation Predicting Pandemic Depression from Multinomial Logistic Regression Models, NHATS Round 10 COVID-19 Supplemental Sample (N=3,181)

Mild Depression vs. None at All Moderate/Severe Depression vs. None at All

RRR SE RRR SE

Changes in Participation (ref: ongoing participation)
Working for pay
 Never participated 1.28 (0.24) 1.31 (0.33)
 Stopped participating 1.89 (0.61) 3.10** (1.22)
 Started participating 0.94 (0.50) 1.43 (0.84)
Volunteering
 Never participated 0.96 (0.22) 0.83 (0.23)
 Stopped participating 0.96 (0.22) 0.89 (0.26)
 Started participating 1.26 (0.62) 1.21 (0.62)
Religious services
 Never participated 0.75 (0.11) 0.92 (0.17)
 Stopped participating 0.69* (0.12) 0.86 (0.17)
 Started participating 1.13 (0.48) 1.24 (0.58)
Clubs, classes, activities
 Never participated 0.91 (0.20) 1.17 (0.26)
 Stopped participating 1.18 (0.25) 1.30 (0.27)
 Started participating 0.81 (0.33) 1.00 (0.44)
Pre-pandemic depression (2019) 2.11*** (0.32) 4.63*** (0.93)
Female 1.70*** (0.21) 2.77*** (0.40)
Race-Ethnicity (ref: White)
 Black 0.79 (0.15) 0.84 (0.19)
 Hispanic 1.16 (0.30) 1.54 (0.47)
 Other 1.56 (0.50) 0.79 (0.34)
Age (ref: 65 to 69)
 70 to 74 0.52 (0.21) 0.92 (0.55)
 75 to 79 0.56 (0.23) 0.82 (0.47)
 80 to 84 0.54 (0.21) 1.00 (0.59)
 85 to 89 0.55 (0.21) 1.03 (0.58)
 90 or older 0.70 (0.29) 1.64 (0.99)
Marital status (ref: Married)
 Cohabitated 0.63 (0.24) 0.60 (0.28)
 Separated/Divorced 0.80 (0.13) 0.85 (0.17)
 Widowed 0.92 (0.16) 0.80 (0.14)
 Never married 1.28 (0.39) 0.65 (0.26)
Education (ref: Less than HS)
 High school diploma 1.09 (0.19) 1.42 (0.35)
 Some College 1.30 (0.23) 2.56*** (0.57)
 College Degree 1.46 (0.32) 2.18** (0.63)
Chronic conditions (2019) 0.96 (0.03) 1.04 (0.05)
Caregiving (2019) 0.99 (0.15) 1.10 (0.18)
Low social support (2019) 0.38** (0.13) 1.05 (0.43)
Residence infection 1.36 (0.41) 1.82 (0.79)
Community dwelling 1.42 (0.35) 1.48 (0.52)
Proxy assisted 0.53*** (0.09) 0.48** (0.12)
Month of response 1.02 (0.07) 0.88 (0.08)

Notes:

***

p < .001

**

p < .01

*

p < .05