Table 4.
Regression Models Predicting Chronic Stress Appraisal by Race/Ethnicity, Health and Retirement Study, 2006 (n = 5,519)
| Independent variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | SE | β | SE | |||
| Race/Ethnicity (ref = white) | ||||||
| Black | -0.10 | 0.03 | ** | −0.13 | 0.03 | *** |
| U.S.-born Hispanics | -0.10 | 0.06 | + | −0.11 | 0.05 | + |
| Foreign-born Hispanic | -0.03 | 0.05 | −0.04 | 0.05 | ||
| Age (years) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ** | |
| Female | 0.12 | 0.02 | *** | 0.09 | 0.02 | *** |
| Chronic stress exposure (0–7) | 0.08 | 0.01 | *** | 0.08 | 0.01 | *** |
| Education (years) | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| HH Income | 0.00 | 0.01 | ||||
| HH Wealth (ref = first quartile) | ||||||
| Second quartile | −0.08 | 0.03 | ** | |||
| Third quartile | −0.04 | 0.03 | ||||
| Fourth quartile | −0.01 | 0.04 | ||||
| Employment Status (ref = employed) | ||||||
| Retired | 0.08 | 0.02 | *** | |||
| Not in labor force | 0.10 | 0.03 | ** | |||
| Marital Status (ref = married) | ||||||
| Divorced/Separated | 0.08 | 0.03 | ** | |||
| Widowed | 0.10 | 0.03 | ** | |||
| Never Married | 0.00 | 0.06 | ||||
| Intercept | 1.50 | 0.09 | *** | 1.67 | 0.15 | *** |
Note: +p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.