TABLE 6.

Hierarchical regression analysis predicting environmental mastery.

Predictors	ΔR2	ß	t	CI (95%)
Step 1: Demographics	0.02*
Age		0.15**	2.68	[0.04, 0.25]
Gender		0.03	0.53	[−0.14, 0.24]
Marital status		–0.02	–0.41	[−0.29, 0.19]
Step 2: Objective SES measures	0.04**
Age		0.15**	2.82	[0.05, 0.26]
Gender		0.01	0.18	[−0.17, 0.21]
Marital status		0.01	0.20	[−0.21, 0.26]
Income		0.15**	2.52	[0.03, 0.26]
Education		0.05	0.82	[−0.07, 0.16]
Occupation		0.08	1.37	[−0.04, 0.20]
Step 3: MacArthur SSS scale	0.02**
Age		0.14**	2.58	[0.03, 0.25]
Gender		0.00	–0.01	[−0.19, 0.19]
Marital status		0.02	0.29	[−0.20, 0.27]
Income		0.11	1.83	[−0.01, 0.22]
Education		0.04	0.75	[−0.07, 0.16]
Occupation		0.06	1.04	[−0.06, 0.18]
MacArthur SSS scale		0.17**	3.02	[0.06, 0.27]
Step 4: New social ladders	0.05***
Age		0.13*	2.45	[0.03, 0.24]
Gender		–0.02	–0.35	[−0.22, 0.15]
Marital status		0.02	0.45	[−0.18, 0.28]
Income		0.07	1.16	[−0.05, 0.18]
Education		0.02	0.30	[−0.11, 0.15]
Occupation		–0.01	–0.20	[−0.13, 0.11]
MacArthur SSS scale		–0.01	–0.20	[−0.15, 0.12]
Income ladder		0.09	1.22	[−0.05, 0.22]
Education ladder		0.09	1.43	[−0.03, 0.22]
Occupation ladder		0.23**	3.40	[0.10, 0.36]

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.