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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: Res Aging. 2009 May 1;31(3):345–360. doi: 10.1177/0164027508330722

Table 2.

Generalized Estimating Equations Estimates of the Effect of Involuntary Job Loss (UL) for Women, Adjusted for Predisposition, Fully Interacted Model, and Pruned Interaction Model

Women (n = 3,158)
Men (n = 3,338)
Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3a Model 4 Model 5 Model 6a
IJL .15a (.08) .06 (.24) .02 (.13) .20 (.11) .07 (.35) .26a (.12)
Age .01 (.009) .01 (.009) .01 (.01) .007 (.01) .01 (.01) .01 (.01)
White race −.06 (.06) −.08 (.06) −.06 (.06) .16 (.09) .15 (.09) .16 (.09)
Unmarried civil status .08 (.06) .05 (.06) .05 (.06) −.06 (.11) −.02 (.11) −.02 (.11)
Educational attainment −.03*** (.01) −.03*** (.01) −.03** (.01) −.04** (.01) −.04** (.01) −.04** (.01)
Earned income −.006 (.02) −.001 (.01) −.001 (.01) −.05 (.02) −.04 (.03) −.04 (.02)
Nonhousing net worth −.001 (.001) −.0003 (.001) −.001 (.001) .001 (.001) .001 (.001) .001 (.001)
CES-D-8 score .05* (.02) .05* (.02) .05* (.02) .09** (.03) .09** (.03) .09** (.03)
Health behaviors index .03 (.04) .03 (.05) .02 (.04) .12* (.05) .12* (.05) .12* (.05)
Physical/medical index .17*** (.02) .18*** (.02) .17*** (.02) .30*** (.03) .29*** (.03) .30*** (.03)
Baseline physical disability .22*** (.01) .22*** (.01) .23*** (.01) .22*** (.02) .23*** (.02) .22*** (.02)
Interactions
 IJL × Age −.001 (.02) −.05 (.03)
 IJL × White Race .11 (.18) .18 (.24)
 IJL × Unmarried Civil Status .31 (.17) .31* (.15) −.43 (.24) −.46 (.25)
 IJL × Educational Attainment .01 (.03) .03 (.04)
 IJL × Earned Income −.13* (.06) −.10* (.05) −.01 (.05)
 IJL × Nonhousing Net Worth −.003 (.003) .01 (.01)
 IJL × CES-D-8 Score −.02 (.04) .01 (.09)
 IJL × Health Behaviors Index −.08 (.11) −.02 (.20)
 IJL × Physical/Medical Index −.05 (.06) .14 (.08)
 IJL × Baseline Physical Disability −.03 (.03) −.04 (.02) −.05 (.05)
 Time .13*** (.02) .13*** (.02) .13*** (.02) .13*** (.03) .13*** (.03) .13*** (.03)
 Intercept −.69*** (.09) −.69*** (.10) −.68*** (.09) −1.39*** (.13) −1.38*** (.13) −1.39*** (.13)

Note: CES-D-8 = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale eight-item short form. Values are estimated coefficients, with standard errors in parentheses.

a

Interaction terms with p values > .10 were sequentially pruned from these model specifications.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.