Table 2.
Growth Curve Models Predicting Social Isolation (Including the Partnership Item) by Gender across the Life Course.
| Panel A. Add Health | Panel B. HRS | |||
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| Model 1A | Model 2A | Model 1B | Model 2B | |
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| Women (reference = men) | −.051*** | −.063*** | .034*** | −.149*** |
| (.003) | (.005) | (.002) | (.012) | |
| Age | .005*** | .005*** | .005*** | .004*** |
| (.000) | (.000) | (.000) | (.000) | |
| Women × Age | .001** | .003*** | ||
| (.000) | (.000) | |||
| Educational attainment (reference = less than high school)a | ||||
| High school graduate | −.019** | −.019** | −.032*** | −.032*** |
| (.006) | (.006) | (.003) | (.003) | |
| Some college | −.054*** | −.054*** | −.049*** | −.050*** |
| (.006) | (.006) | (.003) | (.003) | |
| College and more | −.099*** | −.099*** | −.077*** | −.076*** |
| (.006) | (.006) | (.004) | (.003) | |
| Black (reference = white) | .011** | .011** | .047*** | .047*** |
| (.004) | (.004) | (.003) | (.003) | |
| U.S.-born Hispanic | .018** | .018*** | .016** | .016** |
| (.005) | (.005) | (.005) | (.005) | |
| Foreign-born Hispanic | .029** | .029** | .029*** | .029*** |
| (.009) | (.009) | (.004) | (.004) | |
| Self-rated health | −.024*** | −.024*** | −.012*** | −.012*** |
| (.001) | (.001) | (.001) | (.001) | |
| Censoring | .030*** | .030*** | .019*** | .020*** |
| (.004) | (.004) | (.002) | (.002) | |
| Constant | .544*** | .551*** | .158*** | .271*** |
| (.009) | (.010) | (.007) | (.010) | |
| N of persons | 14,056 | 14,056 | 22,156 | 22,156 |
| N of person-year observations | 37,649 | 37,649 | 126,225 | 126,225 |
Note: Estimates are rounded to the fourth decimal place. Standard errors are in parentheses. Add Health = National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health; HRS = Health and Retirement Study.
a
Parental education for Add Health sample.
**
p < .01
***
p < .001 (two-tailed tests).