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Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1999 May;54(3):S136–S144. doi: 10.1093/geronb/54b.3.s136

Table 3.

Results From Regressions of Two Measures of Emotional Functioning on Living Arrangements and Covariates, Wave 1 of the Health and Retirement Study, 1992

	Self-Rated Emotional Health			Depression Index
Independent Variable	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Living Arrangements^a
Couple with children	−.045	−.034	−.103^*	−.014	−.006	−.030^*
Couple with others	−.301^*	−.237^*	−.203^*	−.102^*	−.073^*	−.062^*
Single alone	−.348^*	−.302^*	−.220^*	−218^*	−.198^*	−.160^*
Single with children	−.415^*	−.316^*	−.297^*	−.215^*	−.165^*	−.153^*
Single with others	−.457^*	−.349^*	−.203^*	−.229^*	−.180^*	−.111^*
Age		−.005	.004		.002	.006^*
Male		.102^*	.038		.059^*	.026^*
Black^b		−.202^*	−.042		−.079^*	−.018
Hispanic^b		−.322^*	.079^*		−.137^*	−.001^*
Years Education			.063^*			.017^*
Household Income			.002^*			.001^*
Working			.291^*			.176^*
1 Child			−.009			−.026
2–3 Children			−.009			−.005
4+ Children^c			−.013			−.020
Do Not Own Residence			−.145^*			−.094^*
Residence Not a House^d			−.036			−.011
2+ Stories in Residence^d			.062^*			.015
6> Rooms in Residence^d			.030			.027^*
Easy to Alter Residence			.092^*			.041^*
Family Members in Neighborhood			−.040^*			.001
Friends in Neighborhood			.101^*			.045^*
Constant	3.582	3.860	2.147	3.609	3.474	2.868
R²	.02	.04	.12	.04	.06	.15
N	9410	9410	9410	9410	9410	9410

Reference category is married couples living alone.

Reference category is Whites.

Reference category is no children.

Tndicator for missing on this item not significant, p< = .05.

p<= .05.