Table 1.
Multinomial Logistic Regression Model of Response Patterns (Item Nonresponse, Focal Response at 0, Focal Response at 50, Focal Response at 100, and Other Number Responses) on Subjective Life Expectancy, Unweighted, Adults Aged 50–89 Years, Health and Retirement Study 2004
| Dependent variable: Response patterna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item nonresponse | Focal at 0 | Focal at 50 | Focal at 100 | |
| odds ratio | Odds ratio | Odds ratio | Odds ratio | |
| Independent variable | ||||
| Race/ethnicity/language | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Whites | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| Non-Hispanic Blacks | 3.160*** | 1.141 | 1.087 | 2.775*** |
| Non-Hispanic others | 3.997*** | 1.928*** | 1.177 | 1.322 |
| English-interviewed Hispanic | 1.755** | 1.641** | 1.158 | 1.206 |
| Spanish-interviewed Hispanic | 12.623*** | 3.043*** | 0.924 | 1.312* |
| Control variables | ||||
| Age (year) | 1.037*** | 1.057*** | 1.002 | 0.983*** |
| Sex: female vs male | 1.372*** | 0.932 | 0.916* | 0.993 |
| Marital status: not married vs married | 1.502*** | 1.317*** | 1.120** | 1.109 |
| Education: ≤high school vs some college+ | 2.025*** | 2.118*** | 1.461*** | 1.564*** |
| Number of chronic conditions (0–8) | 1.059 | 1.281*** | 1.036* | 0.867*** |
| Cognition: word recall score (0–20) | 0.877*** | 0.914*** | 0.990 | 1.001 |
| Religion | 0.684 | 0.980 | 1.104 | 1.029 |
| Catholic vs none | ||||
| Protestant vs none | 0.624* | 0.851 | 1.026 | 0.890 |
| Jewish vs none | 2.590*** | 1.196 | 1.097 | 1.324 |
| Other vs none | 0.968 | 0.618 | 0.847 | 1.049 |
| Importance of religion | 1.369*** | 1.000 | 1.028 | 1.235*** |
| Religious service attendance frequency | 1.028 | 0.859*** | 0.989 | 0.974 |
| Interview mode: face-to-face vs telephone | 0.635*** | 0.901 | 0.894* | 0.789*** |
Notes. aThe reference category is other number response with values 1–49, 51–99.
Significant at *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.