Table 2.
Unstandardized Coefficients From Logit Models That Regress Possession Activity (“A Few or Many Times, Things”) on Age, Control Variables, and Health Variables
| Clean out or reduce (N = 1,784) | Sold things (N = 1,786) | Given things (N = 1,787) | Donated things (N = 1,786) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model A | Model B | Model C | Model A | Model B | Model C | Model A | Model B | Model C | Model A | Model B | Model C | |
| Age | −0.034*** (0.005) | −0.042*** (0.006) | −0.042*** (0.006) | −0.018*** (0.006) | −0.019** (0.006) | −0.018** (0.007) | −0.013** (0.005) | −0.018*** (0.006) | −0.019*** (0.006) | −0.010* (0.005) | −0.015* (0.006) | −0.012* (0.006) |
| Appraisal of volume (more than need) | 0.268* (0.121) | 0.245* (0.122) | 0.310* (0.126) | 0.281* (0.127) | 0.584*** (0.107) | 0.561*** (0.108) | 0.742*** (0.114) | 0.690*** (0.116) | ||||
| Moved last 2 years | 0.385+ (0.227) | 0.401+ (0.228) | 0.862*** (0.199) | 0.891*** (0.200) | 0.450* (0.206) | 0.459* (0.206) | 0.080 (0.205) | 0.123 (0.207) | ||||
| Home ownership | 0.419** (0.141) | 0.379** (0.142) | 0.055 (0.152) | −0.003 (0.154) | 0.096 (0.127) | 0.075 (0.129) | 0.612*** (0.130) | 0.507*** (0.132) | ||||
| Marital statusa: | ||||||||||||
| Married | 0.482* (0.240) | 0.496* (0.241) | 0.641* (0.276) | 0.659* (0.277) | 0.469* (0.214) | 0.467* (0.214) | 1.027*** (0.218) | 1.127*** (0.221) | ||||
| Divorced/Separated | 0.103 (0.252) | 0.096 (0.253) | 0.299 (0.290) | 0.293 (0.291) | 0.180 (0.225) | 0.177 (0.225) | 0.571* (0.227) | 0.574* (0.230) | ||||
| Widowed | 0.205 (0.262) | 0.193 (0.262) | 0.104 (0.311) | 0.078 (0.313) | 0.176 (0.235) | 0.161 (0.235) | 0.555* (0.240) | 0.589* (0.243) | ||||
| Number in the household | −0.146** (0.049) | −0.135** (0.049) | −0.049 (0.054) | −0.035 (0.054) | −0.098* (0.044) | −0.087+ (0.045) | −0.093* (0.047) | −0.075 (0.048) | ||||
| Female | 0.638*** (0.122) | 0.645*** (0.123) | −0.070 (0.121) | −0.056 (0.122) | 0.178+ (0.108) | 0.173 (0.109) | 0.373*** (0.117) | 0.424*** (0.119) | ||||
| Self-reported health as good to excellent | 0.266+ (0.140) | 0.274+ (0.148) | 0.317* (0.126) | 0.391** (0.134) | ||||||||
| Functional difficulties | −0.009 (0.024) | −0.019 (0.025) | 0.018 (0.022) | −0.083*** (0.023) | ||||||||
Note. Standard errors in parentheses. Health and Retirement Study, 2010.
aCompared with “never married.”
+ p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001 (two-tailed tests).