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. 2023 May 24;23:101437. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101437
Goes out socially when feels like it
Active in organization
Never lonely a
Close friends >= 5
Bridging score >= 3
Extensive margin Intensive marging Extensive margin Intensive margin Extensive margin Intensive mmargin Extensive margin Intensive margin Extensive margin Intensive margin
Does not drink (wave 5) 0.938 0.977 0.953 1.018 0.981
[0.793,1.109] [0.860,1.109] [0.835,1.088] [0.897,1.157] [0.841,1.144]
Drinks: 1–2 times a week (wave 5) 1.042 1.026 1.084 0.904 0.961
[0.878,1.236] [0.917,1.148] [0.965,1.217] [0.812,1.007] [0.846,1.091]
Drinks: 1–2 times a month (wave 5) 1.128 1.076 1.075 0.914 1.016
[0.910,1.399] [0.935,1.239] [0.929,1.245] [0.796,1.048] [0.863,1.196]
Drinks: Every 2 months or less (wave 5) 0.869 1.032 0.995 0.834e* 0.985
[0.699,1.080] [0.887,1.200] [0.852,1.163] [0.718,0.968] [0.825,1.177]
Drinks: No (wave 5) 0.926 1.031 1.002 0.92 0.97
[0.732,1.172] [0.872,1.219] [0.841,1.194] [0.780,1.085] [0.796,1.182]
Lagged outcome 5.384*** 5.369*** 4.373*** 4.365*** 4.925*** 4.900*** 4.207*** 4.218***
[4.808,6.029] [4.793,6.013] [4.084,4.683] [4.076,4.675] [4.605,5.267] [4.581,5.241] [3.881,4.560] [3.891,4.572]
Education:Other 1.224 1.219 1.220e* 1.221e* 0.946 0.947 0.943 0.942 0.998 0.998
[0.991,1.512] [0.987,1.505] [1.038,1.434] [1.039,1.435] [0.798,1.121] [0.799,1.122] [0.800,1.111] [0.799,1.110] [0.799,1.247] [0.799,1.247]
Education:GCSE 1.386** 1.381** 1.668*** 1.663*** 1.067 1.065 1.002 0.994 1.181 1.179
[1.147,1.675] [1.143,1.670] [1.440,1.932] [1.436,1.926] [0.917,1.240] [0.916,1.239] [0.865,1.162] [0.858,1.152] [0.969,1.439] [0.967,1.437]
Education:A-Level 1.308* 1.290e* 2.005*** 1.987*** 1.079 1.071 1.063 1.048 1.319* 1.314*
[1.076,1.589] [1.061,1.568] [1.726,2.329] [1.711,2.309] [0.925,1.259] [0.918,1.249] [0.915,1.234] [0.902,1.218] [1.080,1.610] [1.076,1.604]
Education:Degree 1.300* 1.276* 2.783*** 2.749*** 1.209e* 1.194e* 1.187e* 1.165e* 1.740*** 1.731***
[1.083,1.561] [1.062,1.533] [2.411,3.213] [2.381,3.174] [1.042,1.402] [1.029,1.385] [1.029,1.369] [1.010,1.344] [1.436,2.108] [1.428,2.098]
HH Net income/100 1.004* 1.003e* 1.002** 1.002* 1.001 1.001 1 1 1 1
[1.001,1.006] [1.001,1.006] [1.001,1.004] [1.001,1.004] [0.999,1.002] [0.999,1.002] [1.000,1.001] [1.000,1.001] [0.999,1.001] [0.999,1.001]
Age 1.066*** 1.064*** 1.036*** 1.035*** 1.024* 1.022* 1.009 1.007 1.012 1.012
[1.045,1.087] [1.044,1.085] [1.020,1.051] [1.019,1.050] [1.008,1.040] [1.006,1.037] [0.995,1.024] [0.992,1.022] [0.993,1.031] [0.994,1.031]
Age^2 0.999*** 0.999*** 1.000* 1.000* 1 1 1 1 1.000* 1.000*
[0.999,1.000] [0.999,1.000] [1.000,1.000] [1.000,1.000] [1.000,1.000] [1.000,1.000] [1.000,1.000] [1.000,1.000] [1.000,1.000] [1.000,1.000]
Female 1.259*** 1.304*** 1.008 1.022 0.875** 0.892* 0.985 1.008 0.997 1.001
[1.134,1.397] [1.172,1.450] [0.936,1.085] [0.948,1.101] [0.810,0.945] [0.825,0.965] [0.915,1.060] [0.936,1.086] [0.914,1.087] [0.917,1.092]
Urban or rural area, derived 1.075 1.064 1.111e* 1.107e* 0.986 0.979 0.968 0.961 1.03 1.028
[0.956,1.208] [0.946,1.197] [1.024,1.205] [1.020,1.201] [0.906,1.072] [0.900,1.065] [0.895,1.047] [0.888,1.040] [0.938,1.132] [0.936,1.129]
SAH: Very good 1.008 1.016 1.066 1.068 0.924 0.927 1.071 1.074 1.097 1.097
[0.863,1.178] [0.870,1.188] [0.964,1.178] [0.965,1.180] [0.831,1.028] [0.834,1.032] [0.972,1.180] [0.975,1.183] [0.981,1.227] [0.981,1.226]
SAH: Good 0.966 0.98 0.939 0.94 0.819** 0.821** 0.979 0.984 1.027 1.026
[0.813,1.148] [0.825,1.165] [0.836,1.055] [0.837,1.055] [0.725,0.925] [0.727,0.927] [0.876,1.096] [0.879,1.101] [0.900,1.173] [0.899,1.171]
SAH: Fair 0.962 0.982 0.907 0.909 0.732** 0.739** 1.115 1.123 1.1 1.096
[0.768,1.206] [0.782,1.231] [0.767,1.071] [0.769,1.074] [0.618,0.866] [0.624,0.874] [0.946,1.314] [0.952,1.324] [0.905,1.336] [0.903,1.332]
SAH: Poor 0.866 0.885 0.743e* 0.745e* 0.666* 0.673* 0.943 0.953 1.028 1.027
[0.625,1.201] [0.638,1.228] [0.570,0.969] [0.571,0.971] [0.508,0.873] [0.513,0.882] [0.728,1.221] [0.736,1.235] [0.746,1.419] [0.744,1.418]
Widowed 1.049 1.053 1.087 1.09 0.264*** 0.266*** 0.692*** 0.699*** 1.043 1.045
[0.845,1.301] [0.848,1.307] [0.924,1.280] [0.926,1.283] [0.223,0.313] [0.225,0.314] [0.588,0.815] [0.593,0.823] [0.842,1.293] [0.843,1.296]
Separated/Divorced 0.846e* 0.853 0.781*** 0.784*** 0.447*** 0.451*** 0.887e* 0.897 1.005 1.003
[0.716,1.000] [0.722,1.008] [0.690,0.884] [0.692,0.887] [0.395,0.506] [0.399,0.511] [0.789,0.999] [0.797,1.010] [0.873,1.159] [0.870,1.156]
Never Married 1.019 1.025 0.847* 0.850* 0.537*** 0.537*** 1.041 1.047 1.057 1.06
[0.863,1.202] [0.869,1.209] [0.754,0.951] [0.756,0.955] [0.478,0.603] [0.478,0.603] [0.930,1.166] [0.935,1.172] [0.927,1.207] [0.929,1.210]
Christian 1.140e* 1.149e* 1.329*** 1.335*** 1.048 1.051 1.123* 1.131** 1.043 1.045
[1.022,1.272] [1.029,1.282] [1.231,1.435] [1.236,1.441] [0.968,1.133] [0.971,1.137] [1.042,1.210] [1.050,1.219] [0.954,1.139] [0.956,1.143]
Muslim 1.051 1.03 1.057 1.056 1.301 1.284 1.174 1.161 0.989 0.991
[0.714,1.547] [0.700,1.514] [0.793,1.408] [0.793,1.407] [0.972,1.742] [0.960,1.718] [0.880,1.565] [0.872,1.547] [0.690,1.416] [0.692,1.421]
Other religion 0.996 1.016 1.329* 1.346** 0.847 0.852 0.985 0.995 1.038 1.051
[0.776,1.279] [0.790,1.307] [1.107,1.596] [1.120,1.617] [0.693,1.035] [0.697,1.041] [0.817,1.187] [0.826,1.199] [0.826,1.304] [0.836,1.320]
Has child under 16 0.529*** 0.536*** 1.137* 1.142* 0.857** 0.863** 0.860** 0.869** 0.98 0.98
[0.465,0.601] [0.471,0.610] [1.039,1.245] [1.043,1.250] [0.783,0.939] [0.787,0.945] [0.788,0.938] [0.796,0.948] [0.886,1.085] [0.885,1.084]
Carer 0.914 0.924 1.041 1.041 0.978 0.98 1.017 1.022 1.136e* 1.136e*
[0.812,1.028] [0.821,1.040] [0.958,1.132] [0.958,1.132] [0.896,1.067] [0.898,1.070] [0.937,1.105] [0.941,1.109] [1.029,1.254] [1.029,1.253]
Subjective wellbeing (GHQ) 0.967*** 0.967*** 1.001 1.001 0.911*** 0.910*** 0.988* 0.988* 1.007 1.007
[0.958,0.977] [0.957,0.976] [0.994,1.009] [0.993,1.009] [0.903,0.918] [0.903,0.918] [0.981,0.996] [0.981,0.996] [0.998,1.016] [0.998,1.016]
Mixed race 1.143 1.143 1.043 1.047 1.006 1.005 0.775 0.781 2.952*** 2.963***
[0.730,1.789] [0.727,1.799] [0.759,1.435] [0.761,1.442] [0.729,1.389] [0.727,1.389] [0.577,1.039] [0.582,1.047] [1.811,4.813] [1.815,4.838]
Asian 1.616* 1.642* 0.877 0.88 0.683** 0.692** 0.848 0.857 1.476* 1.470*
[1.166,2.241] [1.185,2.274] [0.703,1.095] [0.705,1.098] [0.545,0.856] [0.552,0.866] [0.678,1.062] [0.685,1.072] [1.116,1.952] [1.111,1.945]
Black 1.105 1.128 1.153 1.165 0.747e* 0.761e* 0.757e* 0.772e* 2.008*** 2.003***
[0.789,1.549] [0.807,1.578] [0.897,1.482] [0.907,1.496] [0.575,0.970] [0.587,0.988] [0.588,0.974] [0.600,0.993] [1.400,2.879] [1.397,2.874]
Other 1.727 1.708 0.87 0.887 0.608 0.618 0.664 0.679 0.88 0.869
[0.746,4.002] [0.728,4.003] [0.531,1.424] [0.539,1.461] [0.340,1.089] [0.344,1.109] [0.377,1.171] [0.383,1.201] [0.453,1.710] [0.446,1.695]
In employment 0.946 0.935 0.764*** 0.765*** 1.033 1.032 0.860** 0.859** 1.086 1.087
[0.832,1.075] [0.822,1.063] [0.697,0.837] [0.698,0.838] [0.941,1.134] [0.940,1.133] [0.788,0.939] [0.786,0.938] [0.976,1.209] [0.976,1.210]
SF-12 PCS 1.015*** 1.014*** 1.002 1.002 1.003 1.003 1.004 1.003 0.996 0.996
[1.008,1.021] [1.007,1.020] [0.997,1.007] [0.997,1.007] [0.998,1.008] [0.998,1.008] [0.999,1.009] [0.998,1.008] [0.990,1.002] [0.990,1.002]
Neighbourhood Social Cohesion 1.052*** 1.050*** 1.040*** 1.040*** 1.059*** 1.058*** 1.039*** 1.038*** 1.019e* 1.019e*
[1.032,1.073] [1.030,1.070] [1.025,1.056] [1.025,1.055] [1.043,1.074] [1.042,1.073] [1.025,1.054] [1.024,1.053] [1.002,1.036] [1.003,1.037]
Agreeableness 1.011 1.013 0.982 0.984 1.017 1.019 1.066** 1.069** 0.992 0.992
[0.960,1.064] [0.962,1.066] [0.947,1.019] [0.948,1.020] [0.980,1.057] [0.981,1.059] [1.028,1.106] [1.031,1.109] [0.950,1.036] [0.949,1.036]
Conscientiousness 1.012 1.013 0.993 0.993 1.049* 1.050* 1.018 1.019 0.968 0.969
[0.965,1.062] [0.966,1.063] [0.959,1.029] [0.959,1.029] [1.012,1.088] [1.012,1.089] [0.983,1.054] [0.984,1.055] [0.928,1.010] [0.929,1.010]
Extraversion 1.228*** 1.222*** 1.051** 1.050** 1.080*** 1.077*** 1.148*** 1.146*** 1.014 1.014
[1.181,1.278] [1.175,1.271] [1.022,1.082] [1.020,1.080] [1.049,1.113] [1.046,1.109] [1.117,1.180] [1.114,1.178] [0.981,1.049] [0.980,1.049]
Neuroticism 0.964 0.963 0.963* 0.962* 0.817*** 0.817*** 0.99 0.989 0.997 0.997
[0.928,1.002] [0.927,1.001] [0.937,0.990] [0.936,0.989] [0.795,0.841] [0.794,0.840] [0.963,1.016] [0.963,1.016] [0.966,1.030] [0.965,1.029]
Openness 0.955e* 0.956e* 1.077*** 1.075*** 0.963e* 0.962e* 1.022 1.021 1.137*** 1.136***
[0.915,0.996] [0.916,0.997] [1.045,1.109] [1.044,1.108] [0.934,0.992] [0.933,0.991] [0.993,1.052] [0.992,1.051] [1.097,1.178] [1.096,1.177]
North West 0.763 0.766 0.995 1.001 0.922 0.927 1.006 1.009 1.043 1.042
[0.569,1.022] [0.570,1.028] [0.818,1.211] [0.823,1.218] [0.756,1.124] [0.760,1.130] [0.832,1.217] [0.834,1.221] [0.838,1.299] [0.837,1.297]
Yorkshire and the Humber 0.769 0.777 1.053 1.06 0.969 0.973 1.022 1.024 1.07 1.073
[0.567,1.042] [0.572,1.055] [0.855,1.296] [0.861,1.305] [0.786,1.195] [0.789,1.200] [0.834,1.252] [0.836,1.255] [0.848,1.351] [0.849,1.354]
East Midlands 0.784 0.791 0.928 0.932 0.847 0.854 0.981 0.986 1.172 1.169
[0.576,1.066] [0.581,1.077] [0.756,1.139] [0.759,1.144] [0.688,1.042] [0.694,1.051] [0.804,1.197] [0.808,1.203] [0.932,1.475] [0.929,1.472]
West Midlands 0.754 0.761 1.024 1.028 0.873 0.881 0.916 0.918 1.214 1.208
[0.558,1.019] [0.562,1.031] [0.833,1.258] [0.836,1.263] [0.710,1.074] [0.716,1.084] [0.749,1.119] [0.751,1.122] [0.967,1.524] [0.962,1.517]
East of England 0.934 0.949 1.091 1.098 0.872 0.883 1.037 1.044 1.432** 1.427**
[0.691,1.262] [0.701,1.284] [0.893,1.332] [0.898,1.341] [0.713,1.068] [0.721,1.081] [0.854,1.261] [0.859,1.269] [1.144,1.793] [1.140,1.787]
London 0.823 0.83 1.114 1.119 0.977 0.985 1.274e* 1.275e* 1.694*** 1.685***
[0.603,1.123] [0.607,1.134] [0.901,1.377] [0.905,1.384] [0.789,1.211] [0.795,1.220] [1.037,1.567] [1.038,1.567] [1.330,2.158] [1.323,2.147]
South East 0.895 0.909 1.178 1.182 0.901 0.908 1.098 1.102 1.217 1.213
[0.672,1.191] [0.681,1.212] [0.973,1.427] [0.976,1.432] [0.744,1.092] [0.750,1.101] [0.910,1.324] [0.913,1.329] [0.983,1.505] [0.980,1.502]
South West 0.631** 0.637* 1.191 1.197 1.013 1.024 1.053 1.056 1.22 1.216
[0.472,0.845] [0.475,0.854] [0.976,1.454] [0.981,1.462] [0.828,1.239] [0.837,1.253] [0.867,1.279] [0.870,1.283] [0.976,1.525] [0.973,1.520]
Wales 0.819 0.835 1.047 1.055 0.912 0.923 1.107 1.12 0.855 0.856
[0.601,1.117] [0.611,1.141] [0.846,1.294] [0.853,1.305] [0.738,1.127] [0.747,1.141] [0.899,1.364] [0.909,1.379] [0.674,1.085] [0.675,1.086]
Scotland 0.82 0.827 1.133 1.143 0.91 0.922 0.941 0.952 0.926 0.927
[0.607,1.107] [0.612,1.119] [0.927,1.383] [0.936,1.396] [0.744,1.114] [0.754,1.129] [0.773,1.144] [0.783,1.158] [0.738,1.162] [0.739,1.163]
Northern Ireland 0.825 0.828 1.011 1.018 1.325e* 1.343e* 0.918 0.933 0.992 0.987
[0.567,1.199] [0.568,1.206] [0.777,1.316] [0.782,1.326] [1.002,1.754] [1.015,1.777] [0.705,1.194] [0.717,1.214] [0.732,1.344] [0.728,1.338]
Conservative/right-wing 0.908 0.907 1.232*** 1.228*** 1.031 1.027 0.978 0.974 0.953 0.952
[0.800,1.030] [0.799,1.029] [1.128,1.345] [1.124,1.341] [0.940,1.130] [0.937,1.126] [0.897,1.066] [0.893,1.062] [0.859,1.057] [0.858,1.056]
Left/centre-left 0.863e* 0.857e* 1.199*** 1.196*** 0.935 0.931 1.143** 1.137* 1.023 1.023
[0.764,0.974] [0.759,0.968] [1.101,1.306] [1.098,1.302] [0.857,1.021] [0.853,1.017] [1.050,1.244] [1.045,1.238] [0.925,1.131] [0.925,1.131]
Centrist 1.101 1.098 1.715*** 1.710*** 1.08 1.074 1.057 1.048 1.13 1.128
[0.850,1.427] [0.847,1.424] [1.433,2.051] [1.429,2.045] [0.904,1.289] [0.899,1.283] [0.899,1.244] [0.890,1.233] [0.922,1.385] [0.920,1.384]
Depression 0.865 0.868 0.979 0.979 0.680*** 0.679*** 0.884 0.884 1.299** 1.302**
[0.733,1.020] [0.735,1.025] [0.859,1.115] [0.859,1.116] [0.599,0.773] [0.597,0.772] [0.778,1.005] [0.777,1.006] [1.117,1.512] [1.119,1.514]
Smoker 0.974 0.99 0.726*** 0.726*** 0.804*** 0.805*** 0.893e* 0.894e* 1.044 1.042
[0.849,1.118] [0.862,1.136] [0.654,0.806] [0.653,0.806] [0.727,0.890] [0.727,0.892] [0.808,0.988] [0.808,0.989] [0.927,1.174] [0.926,1.173]
N 17820 17813 17321 17314 17538 17531 17264 17258 12544 12540

Note: e* p < 0.05, *p < 0.01, **p < 0.002, ***p < 0.0002. The adjusted Odds ratio associated with each variable are displayed. 95% confidence intervals are in brackets. Coefficients of main exposures are excluded but can be found in Table 3.