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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Retire. 2024 Oct 31;12(2):76–94. doi: 10.3905/jor.2024.1.164

Table 8.

Multiple Regression Analyses of Retirement Knowledge Scale (RKS) Total Scale and Subscales, and Financial Literacy Scale (FLS) as Dependent Variables

RKS Reflection Scale Engagement Scale Evaluation Scale FLS
Retired Status (Survey) 10.52 10.69 9.41 11.29 0.97
(6.29)** (3.57)** (5.02)** (5.85)** (0.42)
Spanish survey −3.62 −1.52 −3.78 −4.88 −3.07
(1.29) (0.30) (1.19) (1.60) (0.75)
Age −0.29 −0.58 −0.36 0.03 −0.16
(3.85)** (4.29)** (4.23)** −0.36 −1.56
Female −2.13 −0.90 0.23 −6.31 −6.75
(1.76) (0.44) (0.16) (4.57)** (4.14)**
Couple Household 4.61 2.17 4.48 6.13 1.46
(3.10)** (0.88) (2.55)* (3.61)** (0.74)
Black, non-Hispanic −4.71 −8.57 −1.01 −8.41 −14.57
(3.34)** (3.49)** (0.63) (5.11)** (7.04)**
Hispanic −7.59 −15.32 −2.82 −10.65 −13.55
(3.47)** (4.11)** (1.10) (4.42)** (4.10)**
Other, non-Hispanic −7.47 −12.60 −5.77 −7.65 −8.96
(2.50)* (2.50)* (1.56) (2.34)* (2.38)*
Less than high school −20.95 −17.25 −22.02 −21.72 −20.19
(11.90)** (5.68)** (10.90)** (10.83)** (8.32)**
High school graduate −13.29 −11.39 −14.41 −12.59 −15.82
(7.67)** (4.15)** (7.13)** (6.47)** (7.30)**
Some college −7.99 −3.55 −9.93 −7.66 −8.52
(4.79)** (1.37) (4.89)** (4.14)** (4.10)**
Working status 5.51 9.19 4.72 4.16 1.17
(3.42)** (3.17)** (2.55)* (2.32)* (0.54)
Household income 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.03
(4.35)** (1.99)* (3.67)** (4.64)** (3.05)**
Receives social security −3.24 −5.87 −2.68 −2.17 −3.76
(1.94) (2.14)* (1.35) (1.19) (1.75)
Financial respondent 1.45 0.41 0.74 3.20 0.83
(0.95) (0.17) (0.41) (1.89) (0.42)
Nursing Home −5.14 9.49 −5.90 −10.52 −13.73
(1.35) (0.98) (1.25) (1.57) (1.65)
Constant 60.66 104.09 54.11 42.52 96.33
(11.20)** (10.70)** (8.74)** (6.56)** (13.05)**
R 2 0.29 0.14 0.21 0.30 0.19
N 1347 1340 1345 1345 1328

Robust standard errors in parenthesis. Significance denoted as *p<0.10 **p<0.05, ***p<0.01 Reference group for categorical variables: Whites (race/ethnicity) and college graduate and above (education).