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. 2020 Jul 13;97(4):486–501. doi: 10.1007/s11524-020-00444-8

Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis of self-rated health at age 40 or older: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979–2010

Variables Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
β S.E. β S.E. β S.E. β S.E. β S.E.
Neighborhood poverty
  Early exposure (ages 15-23) −0.724 (0.332) * −0.501 (0.344)
  Current exposure (approximately age 40) −1.585 (0.346) *** −0.969 (0.428) *

Life-course exposure

(ref: consistently low neighborhood poverty)

Increasing neighborhood poverty −0.495 (0.121) *** −0.351 (0.138) *
Decreasing neighborhood poverty −0.390 (0.134) ** −0.336 (0.138) *
  Consistently high neighborhood poverty −0.466 (0.130) *** −0.323 (0.152) *
Background characteristics
  Race/ethnicity (ref: non-Hispanic white)
    Non-Hispanic black −0.200 (0.105) −0.110 (0.114) −0.061 (0.110) 0.027 (0.119) 0.003 (0.115)
    Latino −0.263 (0.128) * −0.176 (0.134) −0.179 (0.130) −0.088 (0.137) −0.131 (0.132)
  Age at 1979 0.001 (0.019) 0.002 (0.019) −0.001 (0.019) −0.003 (0.019) −0.003 (0.019)
  Female −0.199 (0.087) * −0.204 (0.087) * −0.198 (0.087) * −0.195 (0.087) * −0.193 (0.087) *
  Receiving public assistance in 1978 −0.151 (0.284) −0.144 (0.284) −0.108 (0.287) −0.108 (0.285) −0.096 (0.286)
  Nativity status (1 = native born) −0.501 (0.200) * −0.505 (0.201) * −0.454 (0.201) * −0.465 (0.201) * −0.445 (0.201) *
  Parental education 0.032 (0.016) * 0.031 (0.016) * 0.024 (0.016) 0.023 (0.016) 0.021 (0.016)
  Number of siblings −0.011 (0.016) −0.013 (0.016) −0.011 (0.016) −0.010 (0.017) −0.009 (0.017)
Current socioeconomic status
  Number of weeks worked 0.009 (0.001) *** 0.009 (0.001) *** 0.009 (0.001) *** 0.009 (0.001) *** 0.009 (0.001) ***
  Marital status (1 = married) 0.351 (0.092) *** 0.339 (0.092) *** 0.308 (0.093) *** 0.298 (0.093) *** 0.293 (0.093) **
  Logged income 0.008 (0.018) 0.006 (0.018) 0.001 (0.018) −0.000 (0.018) −0.001 (0.018)
  Years of education 0.185 (0.021) *** 0.186 (0.021) *** 0.177 (0.021) *** 0.177 (0.021) *** 0.174 (0.021) ***
  Constant −1.042 (0.487) * −0.944 (0.490) −0.522 (0.503) −0.477 (0.503) −0.365 (0.507)
N 5696 5696 5696 5696 5696

Notes: Self-rated health scored 1 = good/very good/excellent; 0 = fair/poor. Standard errors (S.E.) in parentheses

***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05