Table 3.

Weighted Poisson estimates predicting psychological distress among older adult (50- to 70-years old) participants of the UCNets Study (n=673, Wave I).

Variable	Model 1 IRR (95% CI)	Model 2 IRR (95% CI)	Model 3 IRR (95% CI)
Network Characteristics
Number of close ties (log #)	0.89 (0.76, 1.03)	0.90 (0.79, 1.05)	0.90 (0.79, 1.04)
Role Multiplexity	0.99 (0.84, 1.17)	0.96 (0.81, 1.13)	0.97 (0.82, 1.14)
Exchange Multiplexity	1.04 (0.96, 1.12)	1.03 (0.95, 1.12)	1.04 (0.96, 1.12)
Formal participation	0.88 (0.76, 1.02)	0.88 (0.77, 1.00)	0.88 (0.78, 1.00)
Informal participation	1.00 (0.88, 1.13)	0.97 (0.87, 1.09)	0.97 (0.87, 1.09)
Type of Exchange (log # of…)
Social companions	0.83 (0.73,	0.84 (0.74,	0.85 (0.76, 0.95)**
Confidants	0.97 (0.85, 1.11)	0.95 (0.84, 1.08)	0.95 (0.83, 1.07)
Advisors	1.22 (1.06,	1.20 (1.06,	1.18 (1.04, 1.34)**
Emergency helpers	0.76 (0.65,	0.81 (0.70,	0.81 (0.70, 0.94)**
Receives Help	0.96 (0.83, 1.10)	0.96 (0.84, 1.11)	0.97 (0.83, 1.14)
Difficult/Demanding	1.25 (1.12,	1.17 (1.04,	1.25 (1.10, 1.41)***
Negative Life Events
Financial difficulties		1.28 (1.11,	1.55 (1.27, 1.90)***
Problem at work/school		1.15 (0.96, 1.37)	1.12 (0.94, 1.32)
Break in relationship		1.21 (1.04,	1.20 (1.03, 1.39)*
Health shock		1.32 (1.17,	1.31 (1.17, 1.48)***
Interaction
Financial difficulties × difficult/demanding (log)			0.77 (0.61, 0.97)*

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001

Higher scores indicate greater psychological distress.

All models are weighted and control for ego’s gender, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, relationship status, employment status, income, and household composition, as well as recruitment and survey mode.

IRR= Incident Rate Ratio; CI= Confidence Interval