TABLE 2.

Odds ratios for onset of depressive disorder and poor health associated with incident spousal dementia and take‐up of caregiving

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
	Depressive disorder		Poor health
	Odds ratio (SE)	Odds ratio (SE)	Odds ratio (SE)	Odds ratio (SE)
Race (ref: White)
Black	1.109 (0.105)	1.124 (0.106)	1.350*** (0.118)	1.351** (0.118)
Hispanic	1.740*** (0.166)	1.775*** (0.169)	2.162*** (0.204)	2.163*** (0.204)
Dementia (ref: no dementia)
New dementia	2.049*** (0.255)	1.664*** (0.211)	0.931 (0.120)	0.939 (0.125)
Preexisting	1.946*** (0.229)	1.604*** (0.191)	1.138 (0.138)	1.150 (0.144)
Caregiving (ref: non‐caregiver)
Transition out		1.419** (0.180)		1.034 (0.127)
Caregiving hours ≤ 20		1.509*** (0.129)		1.084 (0.090)
Caregiving hours > 20		1.794*** (0.196)		0.913 (0.099)

Notes: Three‐level logistic regression with two random intercepts. Study waves 1998 to 2012 (n = 47,873 person waves [depression]; n = 44,295 person waves [poor health]). Controls include potential caregiver's age (<65 [reference group (ref)], 65–69, 70–74, 75–79, 80–84, 85+), education (less than high school, high school [ref), college and above), sex (male [ref], female), household wealth quartiles (first quartile [ref]), and study year.

^* P < .05.

^** P < .01.

^*** P < .001.

Abbreviation: SE, standard error.