Table 3.

Multilevel Logistic Regressions of Mortality Among U.S. Urban Adults Aged 70+ in 1993

	Model 3a	Model 3b	Model 3c	Model 3d
Independent variables	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Individual-level sociodemographic variables
Female (/male)	0.53 (0.39–0.71)	0.53 (0.40–0.71)	0.52 (0.39–0.70)	0.53 (0.39–0.71)
Age (years)	1.08 (1.06–1.10)	1.08 (1.06–1.10)	1.08 (1.06–1.10)	1.08 (1.06–1.10)
Widoweda	1.07 (0.77–1.49)	1.07 (0.77–1.49)	1.07 (0.77–1.49)	1.07 (0.78–1.49)
Separated or divorceda	0.91 (0.56–1.50)	0.89 (0.54–1.46)	0.92 (0.56–1.50)	0.90 (0.55–1.47)
Never marrieda	1.15 (0.64–2.09)	1.13 (0.63–2.04)	1.13 (0.62–2.04)	1.11 (0.62–2.00)
African Americanb	0.94 (0.68–1.29)	0.86 (0.62–1.19)	0.95 (0.69–1.31)	0.88 (0.64–1.22)
Hispanicb	0.96 (0.57–1.63)	0.90 (0.53–1.53)	0.60 (0.30–1.20)	0.59 (0.30–1.19)
Other ethnicityb	0.60 (0.17–2.13)	0.60 (0.17–2.12)	0.56 (0.16–1.98)	0.57 (0.16–2.00)
Years of education	1.01 (0.97–1.05)	1.02 (0.98–1.06)	1.02 (0.98–1.06)	1.02 (0.98–1.06)
Household wealth (log)	0.67 (0.51–0.87)	0.71 (0.54–0.93)	0.67 (0.52–0.88)	0.71 (0.54–0.93)
Household income (log)	0.84 (0.73–0.97)	0.84 (0.73–0.97)	0.84 (0.73–0.97)	0.84 (0.73–0.97)
Census tract-level variables
Affluencec		0.38 (0.15–0.96)		0.42 (0.17–1.07)
Hispanicc			2.30 (1.02–5.17)	2.08 (0.92–4.70)
Intercept variance component
Between-group (τ)	.0037 (p ≤ .01)	.0031 (p ≤ .02)	.0032 (p ≤ .04)	.0030 (p ≤ .06)

^aReference group = married.

^bReference group = non-Hispanic White.

^cProportion.