Table 6.

PCS at 40 – geographic interactions, weighted to 2004 (N = 5,682)

	Immigrant interaction			Southern birth interaction			Rural residence at 14 interaction
Variables	Beta	95%CI	p-value	Beta	95%CI	p-value	Beta	95%CI	p-value
Constant	52.87	(52.44,53.29)	<0.0005	52.87	(52.43,53.32 )	<0.0005	52.88	(52.44,53.3 2)	<0.0005
Education (yrs)	0.58	(0.47,0.69)	<0.0005	0.57	(0.45,0.70)	<0.0005	0.57	(0.44,0.69)	<0.0005
Female	−1.34	(−1.78,−0.90)	<0.0005	−1.34	(−1.78,−0.90)	<0.0005	−1.34	(−1.78,− 0.90)	<0.0005
Non-Hispanic Black	−0.11	(−0.65,0.43)	0.686	−0.12	(−0.66,0.42)	0.670	−0.12	(−0.65,0.42)	0.673
Hispanic	0.70	(−0.00,1.40)	0.050	0.74	(0.04,1.44)	0.039	0.74	(0.03,1.44)	0.041
Other Race / missing	0.63	(−0.18,1.43)	0.129	0.60	(−0.22,1.41)	0.151	0.60	(−0.21,1.41)	0.148
Childhood SES	−1.06	(−1.63,−0.49)	<0.0005	−1.06	(−1.63,−0.49)	<0.0005	−1.06	(−1.63,− 0.49)	<0.0005
Southern birth	−0.33	(−0.84,0.18)	0.205	−0.31	(−0.94,0.31)	0.329	−0.33	(−0.84,0.17)	(0.196
Immigrant	1.48	(0.59,2.37)	0.001	1.00	(0.13,1.88)	0.025	1.00	(0.13,1.87)	0.025
Rural residence at 14	0.41	(−0.11,0.92)	0.121	0.41	(−0.11,0.92)	0.123	0.41	(−0.24,1.05)	0.218
Birth year	−0.00	(−0.10,0.09)	0.944	−0.00	(−0.10,0.09)	0.930	−0.00	(−0.10,0.09)	0.926
Immigrant * education	−0.43	(−0.79,−0.07)	0.020
Southern birth * education				−0.02	(−0.25,0.20)	0.840
Rural residence at 14 * education							−0.00	(−0.24,0.24)	0.994

PCS is physical health component summary score.

Education is centered at 12, and birth year is centered at 1960 so the constant is interpretable.

Education is coded linearly as years of education; a 1-unit increase in education is a 1-year increase in schooling.