TABLE 9.

Hierarchical regression analysis predicting global psychological well-being.

Predictors	ΔR2	ß	t	CI (95%)
Step 1: Demographics	0.00
Age		0.03	0.59	[−0.08, 0.14]
Gender		0.05	1.00	[−0.10, 0.29]
Marital status		0.01	0.12	[−0.22, 0.25]
Step 2: Objective SES measures	0.06***
Age		0.05	0.93	[−0.06, 0.16]
Gender		0.03	0.63	[−0.13, 0.25]
Marital status		0.03	0.56	[−0.17, 0.31]
Income		0.14**	2.39	[0.02, 0.25]
Education		0.12*	2.11	[0.01, 0.24]
Occupation		0.05	0.88	[−0.07, 0.17]
Step 3: MacArthur SSS scale	0.04***
Age		0.03	0.62	[−0.07, 0.14]
Gender		0.02	0.41	[−0.15, 0.23]
Marital status		0.04	0.67	[−0.16, 0.31]
Income		0.09	1.57	[−0.02, 0.20]
Education		0.12*	2.06	[0.01, 0.23]
Occupation		0.03	0.47	[−0.09, 0.14]
MacArthur SSS scale		0.20***	3.71	[0.09, 0.31]
Step 4: New social ladders	0.05***
Age		0.05	0.88	[−0.06, 0.15]
Gender		0.00	0.09	[−0.18, 0.19]
Marital status		0.03	0.62	[−0.16, 0.30]
Income		0.07	1.18	[−0.05, 0.18]
Education		0.03	0.52	[−0.09, 0.16]
Occupation		–0.03	–0.42	[−0.15, 0.09]
MacArthur SSS scale		0.07	1.00	[−0.07, 0.20]
Income ladder		–0.01	–0.15	[−0.15, 0.13]
Education ladder		0.20**	3.09	[0.07, 0.33]
Occupation ladder		0.18**	2.61	[0.04, 0.31]

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.