TABLE 3.

Coefficients from Six Age-Stratified Regressions of Self-Rated Health on Depressive Symptoms (CES-D): Americans’ Changing Lives, 1986

	Age Group
	25–34	35–44	45–54	55–64	65–74	75+
Depressive symptoms,	0.236	0.305	0.376	0.468	0.437	0.472a
CES-D	(0.032)	(0.034)	(0.052)	(0.038)	(0.038)	(0.048)
N	740	591	390	685	765	446
CES-D mean	088	019	−.066	−.089	−.141	138
(standardized)

Note: All coefficients from models regressing self-rated health on CES-D and race/ethnicity (coefficients for race/ethnicity not shown). Standard errors are in parentheses. All coefficients significantly different from zero at p < .05.

^aTest of linear trend between age groups (i.e., age × illness interactions) significant at p < .05.