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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Gerontol. 2019 Dec 11;40(2):121–131. doi: 10.1177/0733464819892847

Table 2a.

Associations of Disadvantages and Health with Retirement Age

Model I
b (SE)
t Model II
b (SE)
t Model III
b (SE)
t
Time 1.538 (0.14) 10.81 *** 1.530 (0.14) 10.69 *** 1.539 (0.14) 10.81 ***
Cohort (ref=HRS/AHEAD/CODA)
 War babies −5.778 (0.40) −14.31 *** −5.744 (0.41) −14.02 *** −5.778 (0.40) −14.42 ***
 Early Baby Boomers −10.230 (0.45) −22.69 *** −10.157 (0.45) −22.58 *** −10.192 (0.46) −22.40 ***
Race (ref=White)
 Black/African American −0.103 (0.39) −0.26 0.007 (0.39) 0.02 0.038 (0.40) 0.10
 Hispanic/Latinx 0.062 (0.40) 0.15 0.061 (0.40) 0.15 0.220 (0.42) 0.52
Female (ref) −1.302 (0.20) −6.62 *** −1.371 (0.20) −6.72 *** −1.317 (0.20) −6.61 ***
Education (years) 0.026 (0.05) 0.55 0.036 (0.05) 0.77 0.014 (0.05) 0.28
Marital status (ref=married) −0.956 (0.31) −3.06 ** −0.980 (0.30) −3.22 ** −0.933 (0.31) −3.04 **
Household income 0.038 (0.16) 0.23 0.008 (0.16) 0.05 −0.026 (0.16) −0.16
Household assets 0.002 (0.01) 0.15 0.003 (0.01) 0.25 0.003 (0.01) 0.29
Health insurance plans −0.317 (0.22) −1.43 −0.331 (0.22) −1.51 −0.370 (0.22) −1.66
Depressive symptoms −0.265 (0.06) −4.16 *** −0.247 (0.06) −3.84 *** −0.241 (0.06) −3.90 ***
Lifetime discrimination 1
 One experience −0.650 (0.309) −2.10 *
 Two or more experiences −0.883 (0.30) −2.93 **
Physical disorder −0.267 (0.09) −3.04 **

Notes:

***

=p<.001

**

=p<.01

*

=p<.05;

1

=reference group is “Never experienced”