Table 3.
Self-Rated Health Regressed on Extent of Contact with Network by History of Diagnosis (Selected Models)
| Preexisting Diagnosis | New Diagnosis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
| B | SE | B | SE | B | SE | |
| Key Independent Variables | ||||||
| Female (ref=male) | −.294** | .122 | −.144 | .154 | −.162 | .154 |
| Extent of Contact with Network | ||||||
| Contact with Family | .021 | .037 | −.002 | .047 | −.070 | .059 |
| Contact with Friends | .101** | .032 | .037 | .043 | .037 | .043 |
| Contact with Neighbors | .058* | .026 | .001 | .034 | .002 | .034 |
| Significant Interaction | ||||||
| Female × Contact with Family | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | .178* | .089 |
| Control Variables | ||||||
| Number of Close Relatives | .013 | .020 | .030 | .027 | .030 | .027 |
| Number of Close Friends | .053* | .021 | .056* | .027 | .056* | .027 |
| Perceived Social Support | .053*** | .013 | .077*** | .017 | .076*** | .017 |
| Age (years) | .033*** | .005 | .036*** | .007 | .037*** | .007 |
| Age Squared | .001*** | .000 | .001*** | .000 | .001*** | .000 |
| Nonwhite (ref=white) | .233 | .158 | .347 | .223 | .332 | .223 |
| Married/Partnered (ref=unmarried) | −.203 | .139 | .007 | .171 | .002 | .171 |
| Education (years) | .080*** | .021 | .151*** | .030 | .152*** | .030 |
| Household Income | .129*** | .033 | .152*** | .042 | .151*** | .042 |
| Employed (ref=unemployed) | 1.088*** | .144 | 1.018*** | .175 | 1.046*** | .175 |
| ACS (ref=CHF) | .672*** | .119 | .060 | .220 | .058 | .220 |
| Constant | .730 | .523 | .593 | .746 | .930 | .764 |
| R-Square | .237 | .197 | .200 | |||
| N | 1,532 | 1,113 | 1,113 | |||
Note:
*
p<.05,
**
p<.01,
***
p<.001 (two-tailed tests).
ACS=acute coronary syndrome, CHF=congestive heart failure