Table 3.

Summary of regression results predicting loneliness change over time

Predictive variables	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
	B	SE	β	B	SE	β	B	SE	β
Loneliness score in 2009/2010	.24	.02	.26***	.20	.02	.22***	.11	.03	.12***
FSU immigrantsa	−.09	.04	−.06*	−.10	.04	−.06*	−.19	.05	−.13***
Background demographics
Age				.009	.002	.13***	.008	.002	.12***
Womena				.07	.03	.06*	.02	.03	.02
Years of education				−.01	.004	−.12***	−.005	.004	−.03
Social involvement and health indicators
Employeda							.03	.04	.02
Marrieda							−.09	.04	−.06*
Social activities							−.004	.02	−.006
Number of children							.002	.01	.006
Frequency of contact with children							.01	.02	.02
Depressive symptoms							.05	.009	.23***
Self-reported health status							−.04	.01	−.09**
R 2	.06			.10			.16

* p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001

^aThe following categories were served as the reference: veteran Israelis, men, not employed, not married