Table 2.
Multivariable models examining Wave 14 financial well-being and debt burden as predictors of change in Wave 15 mental health and loneliness.
| W15 Anxiety Symptoms | W15 Depression Symptoms | W15 Loneliness | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | 95% CI | p-value | Estimate | 95% CI | p-value | Estimate | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Model 1 | |||||||||
| W14 Financial well-being | −0.047‡ | −0.064, −0.030 | <.001 | −.055‡ | −0.073, −0.038 | <.001 | −.015‡ | −0.021, −0.009 | <.001 |
| Model 2 | |||||||||
| W14 Debt burden | 0.114* | 0.025, 0.203 | .012 | 0.142† | 0.051, 0.232 | .002 | .044† | 0.013, 0.075 | .006 |
| Model 3 | |||||||||
| W14 Financial well-being | −0.045‡ | −0.063, −0.027 | <.001 | −0.053‡ | −0.071, −0.034 | <.001 | −0.014‡ | −0.020, −0.008 | <.001 |
| W14 Debt burden | 0.033 | −0.062, 0.128 | .494 | 0.044 | −0.052, 0.141 | .365 | 0.017 | −0.016, 0.050 | .314 |
Models adjust for middle school intervention condition, age, sex, 2- or 4-year degree completion, race and ethnicity, sexual and gender minority identity, and corresponding mental health variable at the previous wave (e.g., W15 anxiety symptoms are adjusted for W14 anxiety symptoms).
*
p < .05.
†
p < .01.
‡
p < .001.