Table 2.
Incident Rate Ratios for Increasing Depressive Symptoms, Health and Retirement Study 1994–2014, N = 178,003 depressive symptom observations.
| Dep. Symptoms | Model 1 | Model 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Age Group | ||
| 51-55 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 56-60 | 0.971* | 0.968* |
| 61-65 | 0.911*** | 0.905*** |
| 66-70 | 0.904*** | 0.893*** |
| 71-75 | 0.964 | 0.934*** |
| 76-80 | 1.114*** | 1.066** |
| 81-85 | 1.292*** | 1.220*** |
| 86-90 | 1.495*** | 1.396*** |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 1.00 | |
| Female | 1.272*** | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| NH White | 1.00 | |
| NH Black | 1.349*** | |
| NH Other | 1.432*** | |
| Hispanic | 1.267*** | |
| Education | ||
| <HS | 2.546*** | |
| GED/HS Grad | 1.762*** | |
| Some College | 1.428*** | |
| College+ | 1.00 | |
| Birth Cohort | ||
| AHEAD (1890–1923) | 1.00 | |
| CODA (1924–1930) | 1.037 | |
| HRS (1931–1941) | 0.929** | |
| War Babies (1942–1947) | 1.010 | |
| Early baby boomers (1948–1953) | 1.068 | |
| Mid baby boomers (1954–1959) | 1.077 | |
| var(cons[ID]) | 3.459*** | 2.984*** |
Note. NH = Non-Hispanic; HS = High School; GED = General Education Development; AHEAD = Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old; CODA= Children of the Depression; HRS = original Health and Retirement Study; var(cons[ID]) = Variance component corresponding to the random intercept; Interaction Models 3–6 in Supplemental Table 1; * = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01, *** = p < 0.001.