Table 3.
Relationship Between Respondent Characteristics and Change in NIH Social Relationship Scale subdomains of Loneliness, Perceived Rejection, and Perceived Hostility.
| Loneliness |
Perceived Rejection |
Perceived Hostility |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | SE | p-value | RMSE | Estimate | SE | p-value | RMSE | Estimate | SE | p-value | RMSE | ||
| Age Group | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.54 | ||||||||||
| 18-30 | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| 31-40 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.88 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.17 | −0.03 | 0.08 | 0.74 | ||||
| 41-50 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.37 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.62 | ||||
| 51-60 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.57 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.19 | −0.07 | 0.07 | 0.32 | ||||
| 61-70 | −0.02 | 0.09 | 0.84 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.73 | −0.05 | 0.07 | 0.45 | ||||
| 71+ | −0.08 | 0.09 | 0.40 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.51 | −0.07 | 0.07 | 0.28 | ||||
| Gender | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.54 | ||||||||||
| Female | 0.13 | 0.04 | <0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.17 | −0.01 | 0.03 | 0.67 | ||||
| Male | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| Marital Status | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.54 | ||||||||||
| Divorced/Separated | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.90 | −0.12 | 0.05 | 0.02 | ||||
| Married/Life Partnership | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| Single | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.16 | ||||
| Widowed | −0.11 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.75 | −0.01 | 0.06 | 0.93 | ||||
| Race | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.54 | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | −0.56 | 0.42 | 0.18 | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 0.90 | ||||
| Asian | −0.12 | 0.15 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.52 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.62 | ||||
| Black/African American | −0.39 | 0.29 | 0.18 | −0.03 | 0.27 | 0.90 | −0.19 | 0.22 | 0.38 | ||||
| Other | −0.30 | 0.15 | 0.05 | −0.18 | 0.13 | 0.16 | −0.21 | 0.11 | 0.07 | ||||
| White | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| Highest Education | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.54 | ||||||||||
| High School or Less | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.34 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.15 | −0.04 | 0.05 | 0.44 | ||||
| Some College/Assoc Degree | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.71 | −0.03 | 0.04 | 0.40 | −0.08 | 0.03 | 0.01 | ||||
| College Degree | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.87 | −0.05 | 0.03 | 0.14 | ||||
| Post-College Degree | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| Self-Rated Health | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.54 | ||||||||||
| Very Good | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | Ref | – | – | ||||
| Good | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.75 | ||||
| Average | −0.04 | 0.06 | 0.52 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.52 | −0.05 | 0.04 | 0.21 | ||||
| Fair | −0.03 | 0.07 | 0.63 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.87 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.31 | ||||
| Poor | −0.11 | 0.15 | 0.49 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.16 | ||||
Assoc, Associate; SE, Standard Error; RMSE, Root Mean Square Error; Ref, Referent Group; NIH, National Institutes of Health.