Table 2.
Relationship of full-time employment expectation to depressive symptoms at age 62, by full-time work status: Poisson regression results
| Working full-time at age 62 (N = 2,157) | Not working full-time at age 62 (N = 2,084) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partially Adjusted Model | Fully Adjusted Model | Partially Adjusted Model | Fully Adjusted Model | |
| IRR (95% CI) | IRR (95% CI) | IRR (95% CI) | IRR (95% CI) | |
| Probability of working full-time at age 62 | 0.87 (0.77, 0.97)* | 0.89 (0.79, 0.99)* | 1.25 (1.12, 1.39)*** | 1.24 (1.11, 1.38)*** |
| Covariates | ||||
| Age | 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) | 0.97 (0.96, 0.99)*** | 0.98 (0.97, 0.99)** |
| Male | 0.97 (0.88, 1.06) | 0.93 (0.85, 1.02) | 0.91 (0.84, 0.99)* | 0.86 (0.79, 0.94)** |
| Married civil status | 0.87 (0.78, 0.96)** | 0.82 (0.73, 0.91)*** | 0.90 (0.82, 0.99)* | 0.89 (0.81, 0.98)* |
| Non-White | 1.14 (1.01, 1.29)* | 1.09 (0.96, 1.23) | 1.05 (0.95, 1.17) | 0.98 (0.89, 1.09) |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| Less than high school | ref. | ref. | ref. | ref. |
| High school graduate or GED | 0.96 (0.86, 1.07) | 1.04 (0.93, 1.16) | 0.76 (0.68, 0.83)*** | 0.87 (0.78, 0.96)** |
| Some college, college graduate, or more | 0.75 (0.67, 0.85)*** | 0.86 (0.76, 0.97)* | 0.67 (0.59, 0.75)*** | 0.80 (0.71, 0.90)*** |
| Current smoker | 1.20 (1.09, 1.32)*** | 1.10 (1.01, 1.22)* | 1.20 (1.10, 1.31)*** | 1.08 (0.98, 1.18) |
| Obese | 1.14 (1.03, 1.26)* | 1.02 (0.92, 1.13) | 0.99 (0.91, 1.09) | 0.92 (0.84, 1.01) |
| Requires help with one or more BADL | 1.29 (1.09, 1.53)** | 1.12 (0.94, 1.13) | 1.43 (1.24, 1.64)*** | 1.19 (1.03, 1.37)* |
| Wave 2 depressive symptoms | 1.30 (1.27, 1.32)*** | 1.25 (1.23, 1.28)*** | 1.26 (1.24, 1.28)*** | 1.21 (1.18, 1.23)*** |
| Employed full-time | 1.04 (0.89, 1.21) | 1.03 (0.88, 1.19) | 0.92 (0.84, 1.00) | 0.93 (0.85, 1.02) |
| Household non-housing net worth | 0.99 (0.98, 1.01) | 0.99 (0.98, 1.01) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) | 1.00 (0.98, 1.01) |
| Household income (respondent + spouse) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) | 1.01 (1.00, 1.03) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) | 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) |
| Change in household non-housing net worth | -- | 1.00 (0.98, 1.00) | -- | 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) |
| Self-rated health at age 62 | ||||
| Poor | ref. | ref. | ref. | ref. |
| Fair | -- | 0.68 (0.57, 0.81)*** | -- | 0.67 (0.60, 0.76)*** |
| Good | -- | 0.48 (0.40, 0.58)*** | -- | 0.44 (0.39, 0.51)*** |
| Very Good | -- | 0.37 (0.33, 0.44)*** | -- | 0.35 (0.30, 0.41)*** |
| Excellent | -- | 0.27 (0.21, 0.34)*** | 0.31 (0.26, 0.37)*** | |
| Spouse is employed (when respondent is age 62) | -- | 1.11 (0.99, 1.25) | -- | 0.94 (0.85, 1.06) |
*
p<.05
**
p<.01
***
p<.001;
IRR=incident rate ratio; CI=confidence interval