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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Soc Issues. 2016 Mar 9;72(1):69–85. doi: 10.1111/josi.12156

Table 3.

Positive Stereotypes toward Mental Health during Retirement is Protective against Mortality Risk

Predictor Hazard ratio (95% CI1) p
Retirement stereotypes toward mental health2 0.87 (0.76–0.99) .034
Age 1.074 (1.06–1.09) <.001
Gender
    Males Reference
    Females 0.68 (0.56–0.81) <.001
Race 1.43 (0.99–2.06)
    Whites Reference
    Non-Whites 1.43 (0.99–2.06) .059
    Undisclosed3 1.27 (1.04–1.55) .017
Marital status
    Single Reference
    Married 1.066 (0.77–1.49) .704
    Widowed 0.84 (0.60–1.18) .311
    Divorced/separated 1.25 (0.77–2.01) .369
Employment status
    Retired Reference
    Employed 0.78 (0.60–1.01) .056
    Housewife 0.62 (0.30–1.27) .190
    Undisclosed4 0.82 (0.64–1.05) .118
Education5 1.01 (0.99–1.05) .279
Work attitudes6 0.89 (0.79–0.997) .044
Functional health7 0.98 (0.88–1.08) .649
Self-rate health8 0.79 (0.71–0.89) < .001

Note.

1

Confidence intervals.

2

Higher scores denote more positive stereotypes.

3

This category was created to include 22% of the sample missing race information.

4

This category was created to include 28% of the sample missing employment status.

5

Number of years of education.

6

Higher scores represent more positive work attitudes.

7

Higher scores indicate better functional health.

8

Higher scores indicate better self-rated health.