Table 2.

Associations Between Partnership Status and Quality in June/July 2020 and Mental Health in November/December 2020.

Outcomes	Exposures	Model 1		Model 2
		Odds ratio	95% CI	Odds ratio	95% CI
Depression	No partner	2.16	[1.67, 2.79]	2.06	[1.59, 2.67]
	Poor partnership	2.95	[2.21, 3.96]	2.79	[2.07, 3.76]
	Fair partnership		Reference		Reference
	Good partnership	0.75	[0.62, 1.17]	0.87	[0.63, 1.21]
	Excellent partnership	0.71	[0.53, 1.05]	0.79	[0.56, 1.11]
Anxiety	No partner	1.21	[0.81, 1.81]	1.21	[0.81, 1.81]
	Poor partnership	2.68	[1.79, 4.00]	2.62	[1.74, 3.94]
	Fair partnership		Reference		Reference
	Good partnership	0.69	[0.43, 1.10]	0.71	[0.43, 1.16]
	Excellent partnership	1.01	[0.61, 1.67]	1.10	[0.66, 1.83]
Low Life satisfaction	No partner	1.69	[1.35, 2.13]	1.49	[1.18, 1.87]
	Poor partnership	2.46	[1.89, 3.21]	2.19	[1.67, 2.86]
	Fair partnership		Reference		Reference
	Good partnership	0.92	[0.71, 1.19]	0.97	[0.74, 1.26]
	Excellent partnership	0.67	[0.50, 0.90]	0.73	[0.54, 0.98]

Source: ELSA, COVID-19 sub-studies Wave 2 (November/December 2020) and Wave 1 (June/July 2020), and Wave 9 (2018–2019). Weighted analyses. Model 1 adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, employment, financial situation, physical activity, food insecurity, housing quality, social contacts, education, social position, and impairment with activities of daily living. Model 2 was further adjusted for pre-pandemic outcome variables.