Table 2.

Multiple Linear Regression Model Predicting Level of Personal Distress Among Individuals Knowing a Victim of Elder Mistreatment

Characteristic	β	SE	95% CI
Provided help to victim	1.76***	0.30	1.16 to 2.35
Family relation to victim	0.23	0.26	−0.30 to 0.75
Age	0.04***	0.01	0.02 to 0.06
Female	0.53*	0.27	−0.01 to 1.07
Hispanic	−0.09	0.40	−0.87 to 0.70
Caucasian	0.83	0.68	−0.52 to 2.17
African-American	0.49	0.72	−0.92 to 1.90
Asian	0.79	0.70	−0.59 to 2.17
Native American	−0.14	0.51	−1.14 to 0.86
Other race/ethnicity	1.06	0.82	−0.56 to 2.67
Household income ≥30K	−0.83*	0.33	−1.48 to −0.17
Marital status (ref. married)
Divorced/separated	−0.04	0.44	−0.92 to 0.84
Widowed	−0.41	0.47	−1.35 to 0.52
Single	0.26	0.35	−0.44 to 0.96
Employment (ref. full-time)
Part-time	0.02	0.41	−0.78 to 0.82
Not working	0.29	0.31	−0.33 to 0.90
College degree or more	−0.25	0.28	−0.80 to 0.30

Note: N = 294 – 8 = 286. β = coefficient; CI = confidence interval; SE = standard error (heteroscedasticity consistent).

*p ≤ .05. ***p < .001.