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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Women Aging. 2016 Oct 19;29(5):385–391. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2016.1223916

Table 3.

Multivariate Regression Models for Physically and Mentally Unhealthy Days, 2009 BRFSS

Variables Physically Unhealthy Days
β
Mentally Unhealthy Days
β

Men Women Men Women
Intercept 3.4** 4.7** 7.6** 11.9**
Social support
Always/usually get social support needed −1.4** −2.6** −4.6** −7.9**
Sometimes get social support needed −0.8** −1.7** −2.1** −3.8**
Rarely/never get social support needed .000a .000a .000a .000a
Race/ethnicity 0.06 0.3* −0.2 0.3
Education −0.6** −0.4** −0.3* −0.3*
Marital Status 0.2 −0.01 0.2 0.2
Age > 50 yrs. 1.0** 1.0 −1.8** −2.1**
Disabled 7.8 7.9** 4.5** 4.4**
Current cigarette smoker −0.1 0.3* 1.7** 1.8**
No leisure time physical activity −3.3** 2.5** 1.4** 1.4**
**

p <0.001

a

Set to zero because this parameter is redundant.

*

p <0.05