TABLE 5.

Hierarchical regression analysis predicting autonomy.

Predictors	ΔR2	ß	t	CI (95%)
Step 1: Demographics	0.03*
Age		0.07	1.32	[−0.04, 0.18]
Gender		0.12*	2.23	[0.03, 0.41]
Marital status		0.10	1.80	[−0.02, 0.45]
Step 2: Objective SES measures	0.03*
Age		0.10	1.75	[−0.01, 0.20]
Gender		0.10*	1.96	[0.00, 0.38]
Marital status		0.11	1.94	[−0.00, 0.48]
Income		0.12*	2.06	[0.01, 0.23]
Education		0.11	1.95	[−0.00, 0.23]
Occupation		–0.06	–0.96	[−0.18, 0.06]
Step 3: MacArthur SSS scale	0.00
Age		0.10	1.79	[−0.01, 0.21]
Gender		0.11*	1.99	[0.00, 0.39]
Marital status		0.11	1.92	[−0.01, 0.48]
Income		0.13*	2.14	[0.01, 0.24]
Education		0.12	1.96	[0.00, 0.23]
Occupation		–0.05	–0.89	[−0.17, 0.07]
MacArthur SSS scale		–0.03	–0.58	[−0.14, 0.08]
Step 4: New social ladders	0.03*
Age		0.13*	2.30	[0.02, 0.24]
Gender		0.10	1.95	[−0.00, 0.38]
Marital status		0.09	1.70	[-0.03, 0.45]
Income		0.13*	2.20	[0.01, 0.25]
Education		0.01	0.18	[−0.12, 0.14]
Occupation		–0.05	–0.77	[−0.17, 0.08]
MacArthur SSS scale		–0.06	–0.82	[−0.19, 0.08]
Income ladder		–0.05	–0.71	[−0.19, 0.09]
Education ladder		0.21**	3.16	[0.08, 0.34]
Occupation ladder		–0.02	–0.29	[−0.16, 0.12]

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.