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. 2020 Apr 22;4(2):igaa009. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igaa009

Table 3.

Multilevel Analyses With Fixed and Random Effects for Contact With Neighbors

Model 1: Positive valence Model 2: Feeling not alone Model 3: Attachment to one’s neighborhood
1 Predictor model estimate (SE) Full model estimate (SE) 1 Predictor model estimate (SE) Full model estimate (SE) 1 Predictor model estimate (SE) Full model estimate (SE)
Fixed effects
 Intercept 4.27*** (.06) 4.10*** (.10) 3.95*** (.10) 3.45*** (.15) 2.47*** (.11) 2.05*** (.16)
 Contact with neighbors .05 (.03) .05 (.03) .13** (.43) .11* (.44) .70*** (.07) .68*** (.07)
 Person-mean contact with neighbors .63 (.49) .35 (.74) 2.70** (.78)
 Contact with others (partner, children, grandchildren, other relatives, friends) .11 (.02)*** .63*** (.04) −.01 (.04)
 Age −.02 (.01) −.04** (.01) .01 (.01)
 Sex (female) <.01 (.12) .17 (.18) .34 (.19)
 Time <.01 (<.01) <.01 (<.01) <.01 (<.01) <.01 (<.01) <.01 (<.01) <.01 (<.01)
Random effects
 Intercept .26*** .25*** (.04) .72*** (.12) .58*** (.11) .08*** (.13) .65 *** (.11)
 Contact .01 (.01) .01 (.01) <01 (.01) .01 (.01) .23*** (.06) .22** (.06)
 Residual .28*** (.01) .28*** (.01) .89*** (.02) .83*** (.02) .93*** (.02) .93*** (.02)
 AIC / BIC 6,731.64 / 6,763.31 6,716.47 / 6,748.14 11,417.60 / 11,449.20 11,147.07 / 11,178.66 11,510.03 / 11,541.62 11,504.07 / 11,535.66

Notes: N = 77 people, three times a day, 20 days; 4,620 total observations. Age and sex (male = 0; female = 1) are grand mean-centered. Time reflects the ordinal time point (measurement points, 0–59); AIC = Akaike information criterion; BIC = Bayesian information criterion; SE = standard error.

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.