Table 3.
Poisson Regression Models Predicting Exposure to Chronic Stress by Race/Ethnicity, Health and Retirement Study, 2006 (n = 6,567)
| Independent variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRR | SE | IRR | SE | |||
| Race/Ethnicity (ref = white) | ||||||
| Black | 1.26 | 0.04 | *** | 1.09 | 0.03 | ** |
| U.S.-born Hispanic | 1.10 | 0.06 | + | 0.98 | 0.06 | |
| Foreign-born Hispanic | 1.18 | 0.05 | *** | 1.03 | 0.04 | |
| Age (years) | 0.99 | 0.00 | *** | 0.99 | 0.00 | *** |
| Female | 1.09 | 0.03 | *** | 1.07 | 0.03 | ** |
| Education (years) | 1.01 | 0.00 | + | |||
| HH Income | 0.96 | 0.01 | ** | |||
| HH Wealth (ref = first quartile) | ||||||
| Second quartile | 0.79 | 0.02 | *** | |||
| Third quartile | 0.71 | 0.02 | *** | |||
| Fourth quartile | 0.66 | 0.02 | *** | |||
| Employment Status (ref = employed) | ||||||
| Retired | 1.12 | 0.03 | *** | |||
| Not in labor force | 1.13 | 0.05 | * | |||
| Marital Status (ref = married) | ||||||
| Divorced/Separated | 0.95 | 0.03 | ||||
| Widowed | 0.92 | 0.03 | * | |||
| Never Married | 0.82 | 0.04 | ** | |||
| Intercept | 3.78 | 0.25 | *** | 7.28 | 0.95 | *** |
Note: IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio.
+p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.