TABLE 3.
Predictors of Self-Reported Health Status, Final Multinomial Logits: Older Adults in the United States, 1999–2002
| Good vs Very Good/Excellent Health Status |
Poor/Fair vs Very Good/Excellent Health Status |
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| Model 1, OR (95% CI) | Model 2, OR (95% CI) | Model 3, OR (95% CI) | Model 1, OR (95% CI) | Model 2, OR (95% CI) | Model 3, OR (95% CI) | |
| Age ≥ 72 y vs 60–71 y | 1.35*** (1.10, 1.65) | 1.34*** (1.09, 1.64) | 1.33*** (1.09, 1.64) | 1.39** (1.07, 1.80) | 1.37** (1.06, 1.79) | 1.36** (1.05, 1.78) |
| Women vs men | 1.10 (0.88, 1.37) | 1.15 (0.91, 1.44) | 1.12 (0.90, 1.40) | 0.94 (0.78, 1.13) | 0.99 (0.82, 1.18) | 0.97 (0.81, 1.16) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| All other vs non-Hispanic White | 1.28 (0.92, 1.79) | 1.31 (0.93, 1.84) | 1.28 (0.91, 1.80) | 1.90† (1.37, 2.63) | 2.03† (1.46, 2.83) | 1.97† (1.41, 2.76) |
| Non-Hispanic Black vs non-Hispanic White | 2.07† (1.63, 2.64) | 2.12† (1.67, 2.70) | 2.01† (1.58, 2.57) | 2.22† (1.67, 2.96) | 2.29† (1.72, 3.04) | 2.19† (1.62, 2.95) |
| Highest educational attainment | ||||||
| High school vs more than high school | 1.84† (1.45, 2.34) | 1.81† (1.42, 2.30) | 1.81† (1.43, 2.29) | 2.40† (1.86, 3.08) | 2.32† (1.80, 3.00) | 2.35† (1.84, 3.00) |
| Less than high school vs more than high school | 2.04† (1.54, 2.70) | 2.00† (1.50, 2.65) | 1.99† (1.51, 2.64) | 5.12† (3.85, 6.80) | 4.98† (3.73, 6.64) | 5.03† (3.79, 6.67) |
| Divorced/separated/widowed vs married and othersa | 0.94 (0.76, 1.15) | 0.97 (0.79, 1.18) | 0.95 (0.78, 1.17) | 1.14 (0.87, 1.48) | 1.22 (0.95, 1.56) | 1.20 (0.92, 1.56) |
| Needs more emotional support Yes vs no | 1.51*** (1.15, 1.99) | 2.44† (1.73, 3.44) | ||||
| Sources of emotional support | ||||||
| Other only vs family and otherb | 1.25 (0.86, 1.83) | 1.35 (0.86, 2.11) | ||||
| Family only vs family and other | 1.30** (1.04, 1.62) | 1.36** (1.02, 1.80) | ||||
| No onec vs family and other | 1.40* (0.96, 2.03) | 1.62* (0.95, 2.76) | ||||
| Number of close friends | ||||||
| 5–50 vs 1–4 | 0.86 (0.71, 1.04) | 0.96 (0.77, 1.21) | ||||
| None vs 1–4 | 1.37 (0.73, 2.58) | 2.74*** (1.50, 5.01) | ||||
Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Full analytic sample, n = 3476.
a
Living with a spouse, living with a partner, or never married.
b
Received support from both family and community members.
c
Received no emotional support.
*P < .10; **P < .05; ***P < .01; †P < .001.