Table 5.

Results of logistic regression of self-rated mental health on social isolation and covariates

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
Mental health: good (Ref. Poor)	β (SE)	OR	β (SE)	OR	β (SE)	OR	β (SE)	OR
Black (Ref. White)	–0.500* (0.195)	0.61	–0.296 (0.201)	0.74	–0.124 (0.227)	0.88	–0.322 (0.216)
Hispanic (Ref. White)	–1.051*** (0.262)	0.35	–0.913*** (0.234)	0.40	–0.670* (0.296)	0.51	–0.767* (0.320)
Age group (Ref. 57-64):
65-74			0.133 (0.135)	1.14	0.075 (0.152)	1 .08	0.083 (0.154)	1.09
75-83			–0.117 (0.160)	0.89	–0.105 (0.168)	0.90	–0.090 (0.171)	0.91
Male			0.318* (0.151)	1.37	0.566*** (0.165)	1 .76	0.574*** (0.166)	1.78
Married/partnered			0.383* (0.162)	1.47	–0.148 (0.213)	0.86	–0.155 (0.215)	0.86
College educated			0.898*** (0.173)	2.45	0.734*** (0.191)	2.08	0.744*** (0.190)	2.10
Perceived isolation (PI)					–0.779*** (0.117)	0.46	–0.854*** (0.154)
Social disconnectedness (SD)					–0.946*** (0.225)	0.39	–0.996*** (0.288)
PI × Black (Ref. White)							0.249 (0.297)
PI × Hispanic (Ref. White)							0.323 (0.280)
SD × Black (Ref. White)							0.386 (0.427)
SD × Hispanic (Ref. White)							0.050 (0.465)
N (unweighted)	2,913		2,911		2,846		2,846

Notes: Ref.: reference category. SE: standard error. OR: odds ratio.

Significance levels:

^*p<0.05

^***p<0.001 (two-tailed tests).