Table 4.
Multi-level regression results explaining the association between the perceived availability of age-friendly community features and self-reported health
| Whole sample | Young-old | Old-old | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | (SE) | b | (SE) | b | (SE) | ||||
| Housing | − 0.09 | (0.06) | − 0.05 | (0.07) | − 0.22 | (0.12) | † | ||
| Outdoor spaces and buildings | 0.34 | (0.06) | *** | 0.28 | (0.07) | *** | 0.53 | (0.12) | *** |
| Transportation | 0.17 | (0.07) | * | 0.18 | (0.08) | * | 0.23 | (0.14) | † |
| Health and wellness | − 0.10 | (0.07) | − 0.10 | (0.08) | − 0.20 | (0.14) | |||
| Social participation and inclusion | 0.11 | (0.07) | 0.13 | (0.08) | 0.05 | (0.14) | |||
| Volunteering and civic engagement | 0.07 | (0.07) | 0.10 | (0.07) | − 0.07 | (0.14) | |||
| Job opportunities | − 0.08 | (0.06) | − 0.06 | (0.07) | − 0.12 | (0.13) | |||
| Community information | − 0.01 | (0.07) | − 0.03 | (0.08) | 0.13 | (0.14) | |||
| Age | 0.00 | (0.00) | 0.02 | (0.00) | *** | − 0.02 | (0.01) | * | |
| Gender (ref: male) | |||||||||
| Female | 0.13 | (0.03) | *** | 0.14 | (0.04) | *** | 0.06 | (0.07) | |
| Marital status (ref: married/partnered) | |||||||||
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 0.06 | (0.04) | 0.01 | (0.04) | 0.20 | (0.08) | ** | ||
| Never married | 0.01 | (0.05) | − 0.00 | (0.06) | 0.16 | (0.19) | |||
| Working status (ref: not working) | |||||||||
| Working | 0.26 | (0.04) | *** | 0.30 | (0.04) | *** | 0.17 | (0.11) | |
| Race/ethnicity (ref: non-Hispanic White) | |||||||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | − 0.14 | (0.04) | *** | − 0.09 | (0.04) | * | − 0.38 | (0.09) | *** |
| Hispanic | − 0.07 | (0.08) | − 0.11 | (0.09) | 0.09 | (0.20) | |||
| Educational attainment | 0.05 | (0.01) | *** | 0.05 | (0.01) | *** | 0.05 | (0.02) | ** |
| Total household income | 0.11 | (0.01) | *** | 0.12 | (0.01) | *** | 0.09 | (0.02) | *** |
| Social interaction | 0.06 | (0.01) | *** | 0.05 | (0.01) | *** | 0.09 | (0.03) | *** |
| Length in the current community | − 0.01 | (0.01) | − 0.02 | (0.01) | − 0.00 | (0.02) | |||
| Constant | 1.45 | (0.14) | *** | 0.59 | (0.21) | ** | 2.85 | (0.52) | *** |
| N | 3650 | 2788 | 862 | ||||||
†p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001