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Published in final edited form as: Adv Life Course Res. 2016 Oct 25;31:11–21. doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2016.10.004

Table 3.

Random Intercepts Models Predicting Word Recall, WLS 1957–2011

		1		2		3		4		5

		B	s.e.	B	s.e.	B	s.e.	B	s.e.	B	s.e.
Age		−0.109^***	0.015	−0.062^***	0.015	−0.062^***	0.015	−0.058^***	0.015	−0.058^***	0.015
Retirement Status	Not Retired (ref.)
Dichotomous	Retired	−0.036	0.025	−0.016	0.025
Reason	Voluntary					−0.007	0.027
	Family Related					0.102	0.064
	Involuntary					−0.006	0.053
	Health Related					−0.189^***	0.057
Duration	linear							−0.001	0.003
Duration	ln									−0.005	0.006
Education (ref: High School)	Some College			0.088^*	0.041	0.085^*	0.041	0.089^*	0.041	0.089^*	0.041
	Bachelor’s			0.118^**	0.042	0.113^**	0.042	0.117^**	0.042	0.116^**	0.042
	Graduate/Prof. Degree			0.147^**	0.050	0.144^**	0.050	0.145^**	0.050	0.144^**	0.050
Job Characteristics
Occ. Education Score				0.022	0.018	0.022	0.018	0.024	0.018	0.023	0.018
Class of Worker (ref: Private Worker)	Government			−0.011	0.035	−0.012	0.035	−0.012	0.035	−0.011	0.035
Class of Worker (ref: Private Worker)	Self-Employed			0.013	0.040	0.018	0.040	0.011	0.040	0.008	0.040
Occupation (ref: Other White Collar)	Upper White Collar			0.029	0.042	0.030	0.042	0.029	0.042	0.029	0.042
	Blue Collar			−0.109^**	0.041	−0.106^**	0.041	−0.112^**	0.041	−0.111^**	0.041
	Service Industries			0.028	0.032	0.032	0.032	0.030	0.033	0.029	0.033
Personal Characteristics	Male	−0.500^***	0.026	−0.502^***	0.029	−0.500^***	0.030	−0.499^***	0.030	−0.501^***	0.030
	Married			−0.004	0.030	−0.002	0.030	−0.005	0.030	−0.004	0.030
	Father’s SEI			−0.000	0.001	−0.000	0.001	−0.000	0.001	−0.000	0.001
	Mother’s Education			0.002	0.005	0.002	0.005	0.002	0.005	0.002	0.005
	1957 Family Income			0.032	0.022	0.030	0.022	0.031	0.022	0.031	0.022
	Cognition at 16			0.008^***	0.001	0.008^***	0.001	0.008^***	0.001	0.008^***	0.001
	Stroke			−0.232^***	0.063	−0.213^***	0.063	−0.219^***	0.063	−0.218^***	0.063
	Heart			0.029	0.031	0.035	0.031	0.029	0.031	0.029	0.031
	Diabetes			−0.018	0.035	−0.010	0.035	−0.013	0.035	−0.012	0.035
	Cancer			0.053	0.035	0.057	0.035	0.056	0.035	0.057	0.035
	Pension Available			0.065^*	0.026	0.064^*	0.026	0.061^*	0.026	0.062^*	0.026
	Networth			0.001^*	0.000	0.001	0.000	0.001	0.000	0.001^*	0.000
First Measurement Wave		−0.763^***	0.104	−0.426^***	0.103	−0.424^***	0.103	−0.405^***	0.103	−0.406^***	0.103

Intercept		8.020^***	1.047	3.363^**	1.076	3.376^**	1.075	3.145^**	1.082	3.127^**	1.080

Observations		6717		6717		6717		6687		6687

SD(slope)		0.546	0.016	0.499	0.017	0.497	0.017	0.502	0.017	0.502	0.017
Residual		0.785	0.010	0.783	0.010	0.783	0.010	0.780	0.010	0.780	0.010
Rho		0.326		0.289		0.287		0.293		0.293

Likelihood Ratio Test		299.68	0.000	232.87	0.000	230.20	0.000	238.23	0.000	237.71	0.000

Notes:

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01,

^***

p < 0.001