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. 2017 Jul 20;73(2):208–218. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbx077

Table 2.

Depressive Symptoms Regressed on Major and Everyday Discrimination among African American Men, Nashville Stress and Health Study (2011–2014; N = 296)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Major discrimination
 Low (Ref.)
 Moderate 1.09 (1.90) 0.61 (1.80)
 High 2.66 (1.66) 0.35 (1.80)
Everyday discrimination
 Low (Ref.)
 Moderate 4.57 (1.48)** 4.43 (1.83)**
 High 9.93 (1.66)*** 9.94 (1.42)***
Age
 Young (under 40 years; Ref.)
 Middle-aged (40–54 years) 0.24 (1.73) 1.32 (1.28) 1.27 (1.44)
 Older (55+ years) −3.27 (1.30)** −1.16 (1.32) −1.13 (1.30)
Marital status
 Married (Ref.)
 Never married −0.33 (1.63) −0.43 (1.35) −0.52 (1.29)
 Other −0.32 (2.39) −0.80 (2.24) −0.87 (2.15)
Education
 Less than high school (Ref.)
 High school graduate −2.62 (2.17) −1.95 (2.33) −1.96 (2.37)
 Some college −2.05 (1.21) −2.22 (1.02)* −2.17 (1.09)*
 College graduate or higher −6.04 (1.41)*** −4.94 (1.75)** −5.02 (1.62)**
Occupational prestige −0.03 (0.03) −0.02 (0.03) −0.02 (0.03)
Intercept 15.62 (1.85)*** 10.71 (1.39)*** 10.67 (1.45)***
F 5.87*** 11.07*** 11.04***
R 2 0.11 0.27 0.27

Note: Ref. = referent category; standard errors are included in parentheses.

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.