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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2005 Feb;60(4):747–761. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.06.023

Table 5.

Predictors of nutritional risk

Black women
Black men
White women
White men
Beta t p value Beta t p value Beta t p value Beta t p value
Social isolation
Live in rural area –0.056 –0.861 0.390 0.086 1.320 0.189 0.116 1.734 0.084 0.058 0.875 0.382
Reliable transportation 0.196 2.896 0.004 0.064 1.009 0.314 0.093 1.459 0.146 0.195 2.957 0.003
Independent life–space –0.344 –4.626 <0.001 –0.245 –3.415 0.001 –0.297 –4.121 <0.001 –0.282 –4.151 <0.001
Social support
Married 0.050 0.704 0.482 –0.245 –3.415 0.001 –0.029 –0.376 0.707 –0.056 –0.824 0.411
Social support scale 0.086 1.343 0.181 –0.003 –0.052 0.958 0.156 2.425 0.016 –0.023 –0.346 0.730
Social capital
Years at address –0.043 –0.628 0.531 –0.031 –0.479 0.633 0.040 0.688 0.492 –0.084 –1.276 0.203
Religious attendance –0.102 –1.502 0.135 –0.185 –2.781 0.006 –0.054 –0.869 0.386 –0.033 –0.487 0.627
Fear attack –0.033 –0.479 0.632 0.143 2.300 0.023 0.056 0.953 0.342 0.009 0.136 0.892
Experienced discriminated 0.117 1.756 0.081 0.157 2.450 0.015 –0.024 –0.416 0.678 0.017 0.253 0.801
Veteran –0.112 –1.664 0.098 0.081 1.112 0.268
Control variables
Age –0.058 –0.772 0.441 –0.020 –0.302 0.763 0.016 0.231 0.818 0.049 0.704 0.482
Level of education 0.040 0.517 0.606 –0.057 –0.760 0.448 –0.094 –1.288 0.199 –0.076 –1.008 0.314
Income
–0.185
–2.227
0.027
–0.112
–1.387
0.167
–0.216
–2.259
0.025
–0.155
–1.957
0.052
R2=0.280, F(13.553 )=5.930, p<0.001 R2=0.353, F(13.691)=7.887, p<0.001 R2=0.387, F(13.612)=9.962, p<0.001 R2=0.229, F(13.281)=4.576, p<0.001