Table 3.

Hierarchical Regression Analysis With Interaction Models Predicting Internet Use by Gender (N = 5,914)

Variables	Men (n = 2,391)				Women (n = 3,523)
	Model 1: Main effects		Model 2: Interactions		Model 3: Main effects		Model 4: Interactions
	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Self-perception of aging	−0.07	0.05	−0.05	0.06	−0.10*	0.04	0.05	0.05
Perceived age discrimination (Ref = no)	0.02	0.10	−0.33*	0.15	0.13	0.08	0.12	0.12
Age group (Ref = the middle-aged [50–64])	−0.94***	0.11	−1.11***	0.12	−0.91***	0.09	−0.92***	0.10
Self-perception of aging * age group			−0.04	0.08			−0.28***	0.07
Perceived age discrimination * age group			0.63**	0.20			0.03	0.16
Non-Hispanic black (Ref = NHW)	−0.42**	0.13	−0.41**	0.13	−0.50***	0.10	−0.50***	0.10
Hispanic (Ref = NHW)	−0.29	0.15	−0.28	0.15	−0.39**	0.12	−0.39**	0.12
Other (Ref = NHW)	0.09	0.22	0.10	0.22	−0.20	0.18	−0.24	0.18
Married/partnered (Ref = no)	0.28**	0.10	0.29**	0.10	0.24**	0.08	0.24**	0.08
Years of education	0.25***	0.02	0.25***	0.02	0.24***	0.01	0.24***	0.01
Annual income	0.19***	0.03	0.19***	0.03	0.16***	0.02	0.17***	0.02
Working status (Ref = not working)	0.44***	0.11	0.43***	0.11	0.49***	0.09	0.50***	0.09
Chronic disease	0.01	0.04	0.01	0.04	−0.03	0.03	−0.03	0.03
Having functional disability (Ref = no)	−0.23	0.14	−0.23	0.14	−0.26*	0.11	−0.23*	0.11
Self-rated health	0.09	0.05	0.09	0.05	0.14**	0.05	0.13**	0.05
Depressive symptoms	−0.06	0.03	−0.05	0.03	−0.00	0.02	−0.01	0.02
CIND (Ref = normal)	−0.83***	0.13	−0.82***	0.13	−1.12***	0.10	−1.11***	0.10
Demented (Ref = normal)	−1.72***	0.26	−1.75***	0.26	−1.45***	0.23	−1.44***	0.23
Overall R2 (F statistic)	0.336 (75.03***)		0.339 (67. 48***)		0.343 (114.44***)		0.347 (103.28***)

Note: CIND = cognitively impaired, not demented; NHW = non-Hispanic white.

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.