Table 2.

Weighted Multilevel Regressions of Depressive Symptoms Over Time Among U.S. Urban Adults Aged 70+ Years in 1993

	T1 to T2a		T1 to T3b
Tract-Level Variables	Unadjustedc B (SE)	Adjustedd B (SE)	Unadjustedc B (SE)	Adjustedd B (SE)
Socioeconomic disadvantagee	0.11 (0.04)*	−0.02 (0.05)	0.16 (0.05)**	0.01 (0.07)
Affluentf	−0.35 (0.20)	0.11 (0.23)	−0.48 (0.30)	0.01 (0.35)
African Americanf	0.25 (0.14)	0.04 (0.21)	0.38 (0.15)*	−0.11 (0.29)
Hispanicf	0.10 (0.19)	−0.43 (0.25)	0.39 (0.28)	−0.03 (0.33)
Residentially stablef	0.35 (0.28)	0.30 (0.28)	0.32 (0.39)	0.04 (0.39)
Aged 65 years and olderf	0.64 (0.58)	0.64 (0.56)	0.23 (0.50)	0.03 (0.50)

Notes: Depressive symptoms regressed separately on each Level 2 variable; T₁ = 1993; T₂ = 1995; T₃ = 1998.

^aN = 1,042 Census tracts, 2,632 individuals.

^bN = 865 Census tracts, 1,870 individuals.

^cControlling for T₁ depressive symptoms.

^dControlling for T₁ depressive symptoms + demographic and health characteristics.

^eFactor score.

^fProportion.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.