Table 6.

Ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions^{a, b} for ⁘using the Internet has made it easier to reach people and contributed to my ability to stay in touch⁙ (n=60).

Independent variables	Made it easier to reach people				Contributed to ability to stay in touch
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 1		Model 2
	b	P	b	P	b	P	b	P
Constant	1.661	.002	3.240	.03	1.763	.001	2.492	.09
Frequency of going online	0.467	<.001	0.508	<.001	0.475	<.001	0.516	<.001
Number of family/friends			0.021	.35			0.023	.31
Physical/emotional social limitation			0.015	.91			0.039	.77
Age			–0.024	.18			–0.013	.45
In ICT intervention arm			–0.196	.54			–0.300	.34
In attention control arm			–0.370	.28			–0.214	.52
In assisted living			0.288	.35			0.074	.81
F statistic (df)c	17.094 (1, 58)	<.001	3.136 (7, 52)	.01	18.737 (1, 58)	<.001	3.175 (7, 52)	.007
Adjusted R 2	0.21		0.20		0.23		0.21

^a Unstandardized coefficients presented.

^b Model 1 uses the key independent variable only. Model 2 adds control variables.

^c Degrees of freedom.