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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Du Bois Rev. 2011 Apr 15;8(1):95–113. doi: 10.1017/S1742058X11000087

Table 4.

Estimated Effects of Stressors on Health Outcomes in Single Predictor, Multivariate, Cumulative, and Multivariate-Cumulative Modelsa

Stressors Poor SRH Depressive Symptoms


1ab 2ac 3ad 4ae 1bb 2bc 3bd 4be


B (SE) B (SE) B (SE) B (SE) B (SE) B (SE) B (SE) B (SE)
Early life 0.17** 0.07 0.13+ 0.23** 0.13** 0.18*
(0.06) (0.06) (0.07) (0.03) (0.03) (0.07)
Acute life events 0.24** 0.07 0.14+ 0.23** 0.07* 0.12+
(0.06) (0.06) (0.08) (0.03) (0.03) (0.07)
Financial 0.38** 0.25** 0.32** 0.29** 0.14** 0.19**
(0.05) (0.06) (0.08) (0.04) (0.03) (0.07)
Relationship 0.38** 0.29** 0.35** 0.37** 0.27** 0.32**
(0.06) (0.06) (0.08) (0.03) (0.03) (0.07)
Life discrimination 0.25** 0.09 0.17* 0.32** 0.16** 0.22**
(0.06) (0.06) (0.08) (0.03) (0.03) (0.07)
Job discrimination 0.13* 0.02 0.08 0.26** 0.13** 0.19**
(0.05) (0.05) (0.07) (0.03) (0.03) (0.07)
Community 0.21** 0.12* 0.19* 0.21** 0.12** 0.18*
(0.05) (0.05) (0.07) (0.04) (0.03) (0.07)
Employment 0.21** 0.16** 0.21** 0.24** 0.17** 0.22**
(0.05) (0.06) (0.07) (0.03) (0.03) (0.06)
Number of Stressors
 0 (Ref)
 1 0.18** 0.20**
(0.06) (0.03)
 2 0.34** −0.05 0.32** −0.10+
(0.06) (0.09) (0.04) (0.05)
 3 0.45** −0.14 0.44** −0.16*
(0.08) (0.15) (0.05) (0.08)
 4 0.53** −0.26 0.59** −0.22*
(0.09) (0.20) (0.05) (0.11)
 5+ 0.65** −0.43 0.80** −0.31*
(0.12) (0.28) (0.05) (0.15)
Constant 2.01** 1.98** 1.98** 1.88** 1.86** 1.86**
(0.10) (0.11) (0.11) (0.06) (0.06) (0.06)
**

p < 0.01,

*

p < 0.05,

+

p < 0.10

a

All models control for age, gender, race, educational status, language of interview, and income.

b

Separate models for each stressor.

c

Single model including all 8 stressors simultaneously.

d

Single model with 5 indicator variables for number of stressors.

e

Single model including all 8 types of stressors plus indicator variables for number of stressors.