TABLE 3.

Hierarchical regression analysis predicting self-acceptance.

Predictors	ΔR2	ß	t	CI (95%)
Step 1: Demographics	0.02
Age		0.05	0.84	[−0.06, 0.15]
Gender		0.10	1.90	[−0.01, 0.38]
Marital status		–0.04	–0.65	[−0.32, 0.16]
Step 2: Objective SES measures	0.04**
Age		0.04	0.79	[−0.07, 0.15]
Gender		0.08	1.60	[−0.04, 0.35]
Marital status		0.00	0.08	[−0.23, 0.25]
Income		0.15**	2.49	[0.03, 0.26]
Education		–0.01	–0.23	[−0.13, 0.10]
Occupation		0.11	1.77	[−0.01, 0.23]
Step 3: MacArthur SSS scale	0.08***
Age		0.02	0.34	[−0.09, 0.12]
Gender		0.07	1.32	[−0.06, 0.31]
Marital status		0.01	0.24	[−0.20, 0.26]
Income		0.07	1.31	[−0.04, 0.19]
Education		–0.02	–0.38	[−0.13, 0.09]
Occupation		0.07	1.19	[−0.05, 0.19]
MacArthur SSS scale		0.30***	5.63	[0.20, 0.40]
Step 4: New social ladders	0.02**
Age		0.02	0.34	[−0.09, 0.12]
Gender		0.05	1.07	[−0.08, 0.28]
Marital status		0.02	0.29	[−0.20, 0.26]
Income		0.05	0.90	[−0.06, 0.17]
Education		–0.05	–0.85	[−0.18, 0.07]
Occupation		0.02	0.35	[−0.10, 0.14]
MacArthur SSS scale		0.19**	2.79	[0.06, 0.32]
Income ladder		0.02	0.31	[−0.12, 0.16]
Education ladder		0.09	1.45	[−0.03, 0.22]
Occupation ladder		0.16**	2.34	[0.03, 0.29]

N = 368; SES, Socioeconomic Status; SSS, Subjective Socioeconomic Status; Gender (1 = females, 2 = males); Marital Status (1 = involved in a romantic relationship, 2 = non-involved in a relationship). Standardized regression coefficients are reported. All VIFs ≤ 1.96. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.