Table 3.
Ordinary Least Squares Regression of Social Support
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| Focal variables | ||||
| Religious attendance | 0.06 (0.12)*** | 0.07 (0.13)*** | 0.04 (0.08)*** | 0.04 (0.07)** |
| Social integration | 0.01 (0.22)*** | |||
| Selection variables | ||||
| Attractiveness | 0.03 (0.04) | 0.02 (0.03) | ||
| Meeting attendance | 0.03 (0.11)** | 0.03 (0.09)** | ||
| Depression | −0.01 (0.03) | −0.01 (0.04) | ||
| Chronic conditions | 0.02 (0.05)* | 0.02 (0.04) | ||
| Disability | −0.04 (0.04) | −0.05 (0.04) | ||
| Vision impairment | −0.007 (0.006) | 0.01 (0.004) | ||
| Hearing impairment | −0.003 (0.003) | −0.003 (0.005) | ||
| Model statistics | ||||
| Intercept | 1.02*** | 1.86*** | 1.85*** | 1.66*** |
| Model F | 28.48*** | 19.28*** | 18.33*** | 21.62*** |
| Adjusted R-squared | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.17 |
Notes: National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (2005/2006). Shown are unstandardized coefficients with standardized coefficients in parentheses. Model 1 is unadjusted. Models 2–4 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).