Table 2. Negative Binomial Regression Analysis of Church and Family Support on Depressive Symptoms (CES-D) among Older African Americans.

	Model 1				Model 2				Model 3
Independent Variable	B	b	S.E.	t-value	B	b	S.E.	t-value	B	b	S.E.	t-value
Service Attendance
Nearly Everyday	-0.03	-0.11	0.03	-0.87	-0.02	-0.10	0.03	-0.76	-0.03	-0.11	0.03	-0.95
At Least Once a Week	Ref	Ref			Ref	Ref			Ref	Ref
A Few Times a Month	0.04	0.11	0.04	1.08	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.05
A Few Times a Year	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.13	-0.02	-0.08	0.04	-0.57	-0.03	-0.08	0.05	-0.56
Emotional Support from Church Members	--				-0.13**	-0.20**	0.04	-3.28	-0.11*	-0.17*	0.04	-2.67
Negative Interaction with Church Members	--				0.09*	0.06*	0.04	2.38	0.05	0.03	0.03	1.58
Emotional Support from Family Members	--				--				-0.09*	-0.15*	0.03	-2.72
Negative Interaction with Extended Family	--				--				0.09*	0.05*	0.04	2.43
# of Chronic Health Problems	0.14***	0.09***	0.04	3.87	0.14**	0.09**	0.04	3.68	0.14**	0.09**	0.04	3.48
Gender - Female	-0.04	-0.10	0.05	-0.86	-0.04	-0.09	0.05	-0.77	-0.03	-0.08	0.05	-0.69
Age	-0.08	-0.01	0.05	-1.64	-0.06	-0.01	0.05	-1.30	-0.04	-0.01	0.05	-0.75
Income	-0.12	-0.02	0.06	-2.03	-0.11	-0.02	0.06	-1.86	-0.12	-0.02	0.06	-1.94
Education	-0.15**	-0.05**	0.05	-3.10	-0.16**	-0.05**	0.05	-3.54	-0.15**	-0.05**	0.05	-3.33
Marital Status – Married	-0.03	-0.08	0.04	-0.77	-0.03	-0.08	0.05	-0.75	-0.01	- 0.03	0.05	-0.31
Intercept	1.58***	2.84***	0.05	32.58	1.56***	3.24***	0.04	35.77	1.55***	3.25***	0.04	35.48
F	6.75***				13.76***				11.82***
Complex Design df	33				33				33
N	677				675				667

Abbreviations: B= standardized regression coefficient; b=unstandardized regression coefficient; SE=standardized error; df = degrees of freedom.

^*p < .05;

^**p< .01;

^***p < .001

Degrees of freedom associated with the F statistic are (9, 25) for Model 1 (11, 23) for Model 2 and (13, 21) for Model 3.