Table 4.

OLS Regression Predicting the Effect of Social Contact and the Contextual Factors on Depressive Symptoms

	Depressive symptoms, W1
	Model 1a	Model 1b	Model 2	Model 3
(Constant)	−0.80	−0.75	−0.75	−0.73
Frequency of social contact with friends/relatives, W1	−0.24**	−0.15	−0.15	−0.17
Contextual factors
Support from friends/relatives, W1		−0.25**	−0.21	−0.25**
Congruence between preferred and actual contact, W1		−0.43**	−0.42**	−0.46
Control variables
Age, W1	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02
Sex (1 = female; 0 = male)	0.34	0.33	0.32	0.33
Race (1 = white; 0 = black)	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28
Years of education, BL	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Number of children, W1	−0.04	−0.03	−0.04	−0.03
Contact × Support			−0.04
Contact × Congruence				0.02
Adjusted R2	0.02	0.78	0.75	0.74

^*p≤.05

^**p≤.01

^***p≤.001