Table 2.
Multinomial Logistic Regressions of the Family Network and Demographic Variables on the Patterns of Reciprocal Support among African Americans
| Baseline Models | Models with Family Variables | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Variables |
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 |
| Both Gave and Received Support |
Received Support Only |
Gave Support Only | Both Gave and Received Support |
Received Support Only |
Gave Support Only | |
| RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | |
| Age | 0.94***(0.92,0.96) | 0.99(0.92,1.06) | 1.00(0.97,1.03) | 0.94***(0.91,0.96) | 0.98(0.92,1.06) | 0.99(0.96,1.02) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 1.84*(1.06,3.18) | 2.15(0.59,7.77) | 1.24(0.73,2.10) | 1.53(0.86,2.72) | 1.95(0.57,6.63) | 1.15(0.64,2.06) |
| Education | 1.08(0.99,1.18) | 0.98(0.81,1.19) | 1.12*(1.00,1.25) | 1.10*(1.01,1.19) | 1.00(0.83,1.20) | 1.14*(1.03,1.27) |
| Household Income | 1.08*(1.00,1.16) | 0.98(0.86,1.11) | 1.08(1.00,1.16) | 1.06(0.99,1.13) | 0.97(0.86,1.09) | 1.06(0.98,1.13) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 1.08(0.58,2.02) | 0.42(0.08,2.17) | 1.07(0.56,2.04) | 1.05(0.55,2.03) | 0.42(0.09,2.07) | 1.07(0.56,2.04) |
| Parent | 0.19*(0.04,0.79) | 0.40(0.01,21.14) | 0.56(0.10,3.09) | 0.22(0.04,1.29) | 0.40(0.07,21.99) | 0.60(0.08,4.23) |
| Age × Parent | 1.04**(1.02,1.07) | 1.01(0.94,1.08) | 1.02(0.99,1.05) | 1.04*(1.00,1.07) | 1.01(0.94,1.08) | 1.01(0.98,1.05) |
| Family Contact | -- | -- | -- | 1.58*** (1.35,1.85) | 1.19(0.87,1.64) | 1.30**(1.11,1.53) |
| Family Closeness | -- | -- | -- | 2.89***(2.20,3.79) | 1.39(0.81,2.38) | 1.47**(1.14,1.91) |
| F | 7.22 | 13 | ||||
| df | 34 | 34 | ||||
| N | 3333 | 3332 | ||||
*
p<.05
**
p< .01
***
p<.001
Comparison group for each model is ‘Never Receive Support and Never Give Support to Extended Family Members’
RRR=Relative Risk Ratio
CI=Confidence Interval