Table 2.
Relationship Between Respondent Characteristics and Change in NIH Social Relationship Scale subdomains of Emotional Support, Instrumental Support, and Friendship.
| Emotional Support |
Instrumental Support |
Friendship |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | SE | p-value | RMSE | Estimate | SE | p-value | RMSE | Estimate | SE | p-value | RMSE | ||
| Age Group | 0.63 | 0.79 | 0.78 | ||||||||||
| 18-30 | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| 31-40 | −0.05 | 0.08 | 0.57 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.88 | −0.13 | 0.11 | 0.24 | ||||
| 41-50 | −0.06 | 0.08 | 0.45 | −0.11 | −0.11 | 0.31 | −0.01 | 0.10 | 0.92 | ||||
| 51-60 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.90 | −0.02 | −0.02 | 0.87 | −0.07 | 0.10 | 0.49 | ||||
| 61-70 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.78 | −0.04 | 0.10 | 0.68 | ||||
| 71+ | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.63 | −0.10 | −0.10 | 0.32 | −0.08 | 0.10 | 0.41 | ||||
| Gender | 0.63 | 0.80 | 0.78 | ||||||||||
| Female | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.99 | −0.06 | 0.04 | 0.14 | ||||
| Male | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| Marital Status | 0.63 | 0.79 | 0.78 | ||||||||||
| Divorced/Separated | −0.07 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.07 | −0.01 | 0.07 | 0.91 | ||||
| Married/Life Partnership | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| Single | −0.03 | 0.05 | 0.49 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.89 | ||||
| Widowed | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.68 | ||||
| Race | 0.63 | 0.80 | 0.78 | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.51 | 0.41 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.38 | ||||
| Asian | −0.08 | 0.13 | 0.52 | −0.13 | 0.16 | 0.43 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.46 | ||||
| Black/African American | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0.66 | 0.32 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 0.47 | ||||
| Other | −0.08 | 0.13 | 0.55 | −0.03 | 0.16 | 0.86 | −0.05 | 0.16 | 0.76 | ||||
| White | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| Highest Education | 0.63 | 0.80 | 0.78 | ||||||||||
| High School or Less | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.83 | −0.02 | 0.08 | 0.80 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.81 | ||||
| Some College/Assoc Degree | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.91 | −0.03 | 0.05 | 0.61 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.20 | ||||
| College Degree | −0.03 | 0.04 | 0.39 | −0.01 | 0.05 | 0.76 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.98 | ||||
| Post-College Degree | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| Self-Rated Health | 0.63 | 0.80 | 0.78 | ||||||||||
| Very Good | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| Good | −0.06 | 0.03 | 0.07 | −0.02 | 0.04 | 0.63 | −0.06 | 0.04 | 0.16 | ||||
| Average | −0.08 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.97 | ||||
| Fair | −0.03 | 0.06 | 0.64 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.74 | −0.02 | 0.08 | 0.81 | ||||
| Poor | −0.32 | 0.13 | 0.02 | −0.07 | 0.17 | 0.66 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.55 | ||||
Assoc, Associate; SE, Standard Error; RMSE, Root Mean Square Error; Ref, Referent Group; NIH, National Institutes of Health.