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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2012;16(6):780–786. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2012.667780

Table 2.

Regression of Demographic Characteristics, Levels of Functioning and Support on Depression and Worry

Predictor Depression
Worry
Step 1 Step 2 Step 1 Step 2


B SE B β B SE B β B SE B β B SE B β


Areaa −0.77 0.94 −0.04 −0.13 0.84 −0.01 1.95 0.50 0.18*** 1.78 0.49 0.17***
Genderb 3.24 0.83 0.15*** 2.15 0.75 0.10** 4.48 0.45 0.42*** 4.02 0.44 0.38***
Age 0.08 0.04 0.07 −0.04 0.04 −0.03 −0.06 0.02 −0.10* −0.08 0.02 −0.14***
Material Hardship 1.98 0.22 0.41*** 1.32 0.21 0.28*** 0.26 0.12 0.11* 0.19 0.12 0.08
Education −1.45 0.40 −0.16*** −1.50 0.36 −0.16*** −0.26 0.22 −0.06 −0.26 0.21 −0.06
Marital Statusc −1.57 0.92 −0.07 −1.09 0.82 −0.05 1.16 0.49 0.10* 1.07 0.48 0.09*
# of Diseases 0.64 0.15 0.15*** −0.01 0.09 −0.01
ADL Assistance 0.47 0.07 0.23*** 0.11 0.04 0.10*
Pain 0.50 0.15 0.12*** 0.34 0.09 0.15***
Em. Supportd −0.44 0.08 −0.17*** 0.13 0.05 0.10**

F 55.04*** 57.77*** 35.26*** 25.88***
R2 0.37*** 0.51*** 0.27*** 0.32***
ΔR2 0.14*** 0.04***
*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.

a

rural = 1; urban = 0.

b

women = 1; men = 0.

c

married = 1; others = 0.

d

emotional support from children and friends