Table 2.

Determinants of fear of dementia

Independent variables	Fear of dementia
Age group: −45–49 years (reference category: 40–44 years)	−0.03
	(0.06)
	−0.57
−50–54 years	−0.03
	(0.05)
	−0.57
−55–59 years	−0.08
	(0.05)
	−1.47
−60–64 years	−0.15**
	(0.06)
	−2.64
−65–70 years	−0.19***
	(0.06)
	−3.39
Sex: female (reference category: male)	−0.14***
	(0.03)
	−4.31
Education: −vocational school (reference category: no vocational qualification)	0.07
	(0.08)
	0.82
−College	0.02
	(0.09)
	0.24
−University	0.09
	(0.09)
	1.02
−Other	0.08
	(0.15)
	0.54
Family status: single/widowed/divorced or partnership, separate household (reference category: registered civil partnership/married, same household)	0.12***
	(0.03)
	3.39
Insurance: private health insurance (reference category: statutory health insurance)	0.04
	(0.05)
	0.86
Income: more than 3,000 EUR/month (reference category: less than 3,000 EUR/month)	0.06+
	(0.04)
	1.71
Sport: −regularly a little (reference category: doing sport irregularly)	0.01
	(0.03)
	0.23
−regularly a lot	−0.00
	(0.05)
	−0.02
Smoking: not active smoker (reference category: active smoker)	0.03
	(0.03)
	1.03
Alcohol: −regularly a little (reference category: drinking alcohol regularly a lot)	0.02
	(0.04)
	0.56
−sometimes/not at all	−0.06
	(0.04)
	−1.57
Self-rated health: −good (reference category: very good)	0.34***
	(0.06)
	5.65
−medium	0.48***
	(0.07)
	7.39
−bad	0.47***
	(0.08)
	6.05
−very bad	0.47***
	(0.12)
	4.05
Chronic disease: no chronic disease (reference category: having at least one chronic disease)	−0.11**
	(0.04)
	−2.95
Depressive symptoms (PHQ-2)	0.11***
	(0.01)
	8.82
Constant	1.94***
	(0.12)
	16.84
Observations	3,448
R 2	0.09
F(24, 3,423)	13.79 (p< 1.0 e−3)

Results of multiple linear regressions.

Unstandardized beta-coefficients; robust standard errors in parentheses; thereafter, t-values are shown.

***p < 1.0 e−3, **p < 1.0 e−2, *p < 5.0 e−2, ⁺p < 1.0 e−1.