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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Race Ethn (Thousand Oaks). 2018 Sep 20;5(3):370–387. doi: 10.1177/2332649218793670

Table 2.

Multilevel Models of Skin Color, Sociodemographic Factors, Chronic Burdens, Discrimination, and Cumulative Biological Risk

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Fixed Effectsa Men Women bm≠w Men Women m≠w Men Women m≠w Men Women m≠w Men Women m≠w
Constant 1.321*** 1.238*** .788** 1.576*** 1.305*** 1.224*** 1.346*** 1.263*** .774** 1.557***
Skin Color (ref., Light)
 Medium −.198 .318* −.188 .282* −.192 .320* −.208 .316* −.193 .285*
 Dark .022 .937*** .070 .875*** .027 .937*** .010 .941*** .063 .882***
Sociodemographic Factors
 Some College .083 .036 .087 .044
 College or More .018 −.344** .021 −.324**
 Income .013 −.041 .015 −.039
 Married .246* .185* .252** .185*
 Insurance .292** −.077 .301** −.081
Chronic Burdens .060 .046 .090 .059
Discrimination −.095 −.159 −.141 −.150
Age .081*** .101*** .081*** .103*** .082*** .102*** .079*** .099*** .081*** .102***
Random Effects
 Level 1 Residual 1.127*** 1.195*** 1.122*** 1.197*** 1.127*** 1.195*** 1.127*** 1.194*** 1.121*** 1.197***
 Level 2 Intercept 1.520*** 1.694*** 1.507*** 1.664*** 1.520*** 1.691*** 1.518*** 1.691*** 1.505*** 1.660***
N 696 984 696 984 696 984 696 984 696 984
a

All models control for proportion of waves missing

b

‘m≠w’ indicates Chow tests for differences between men and women

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001

indicates a statistically significant (p<.05) difference in coefficients for men and women