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Published in final edited form as: J Appl Gerontol. 2013 Jan 17;33(3):336–356. doi: 10.1177/0733464812470748

Table 5.

Relationships with SF12 PCS and MCS: Bivariate and Multivariate Regression Results.

	PCS		MCS

	Bivariate, b	Multivariate, b	Bivariate, b	Multivariate, b
South Central sample	−0.177	−0.109	0.175	−0.002
Female	0.111		−0.038
Married	0.109		−0.102
Post–high school education	0.192	0.135	0.033
Working now	0.236^*	0.147	−0.04
Speaks tribal language at least moderately well	−0.225^*	−0.146	0.207^*	0.124
Receives financial assistance	−0.231^*	−0.123	−0.087
Age at time of interview	−0.159		0.003
Number of people living at home	−0.014		−0.115
HS-EAST	0.067		−0.524^***	−0.305^**
NELS–Financial Exploitation	−0.169	−0.158	−0.413^***	−0.176
NELS–Neglect	0.041		0.468^***	−0.219^*

		R²		R²

Summary of multivariate regression		11.2%**		32.5%^***

Note. HS-EAST = Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test; NELS = Native Elder Life Scale.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.