Table 2.
Ordinary Least Squares Regression of Social Integration
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
| Focal variables | |||
| Religious attendance | 1.30 (0.13)*** | 1.03 (0.11)** | 0.69 (0.07)* |
| Selection variables | |||
| Attractiveness | 1.08 (0.07)* | ||
| Meeting attendance | 0.57 (0.11)*** | ||
| Depression | 0.15 (0.04) | ||
| Chronic conditions | 0.16 (0.02) | ||
| Disability | 0.33 (0.01) | ||
| Vision impairment | −1.04 (0.04) | ||
| Hearing impairment | 0.09 (0.004) | ||
| Model statistics | |||
| Intercept | 17.65*** | 19.31*** | 16.28*** |
| Model F | 15.46*** | 18.49*** | 12.09*** |
| Adjusted R-squared | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
Notes: National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (2005/2006). Shown are unstandardized coefficients with standardized coefficients in parentheses. Model 1 is unadjusted. Models 2 and 3 adjust for age, gender, race and ethnicity, education, employment status, relative income, marital status, and number of children/grandchildren. N = 2,165. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001 (two-tailed tests).