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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gerontol. 2019 Jul 19;44(2):181–191. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2019.1642973

Table 1.

Association between social network dimensions and depressive symptoms.

Outcome: Depressive Symptoms
Model A Model B Model C Model D
Age 1.01 (1.01,1.02)*** 1.01 (1.01, 1.02)*** 1.01 (1.00,1.02)** 1.01 (1.00,1.02)**
Female 1.33 (1.19,1.49)*** 1.35 (1.20, 1.51)*** 1.32 (1.17,1.49)*** 1.38 (1.22,1.55)***
Education 1.01 (1.00,1.02) 1.00 (0.99,1.01) 1.00 (0.99,1.01) 1.01 (1.00,1.02)
Income 0.93 (0.88,0.98)* 0.94 (0.89,0.99)* 0.94 (0.89,0.99)* 0.94 (0.89,0.99)*
Years in the U.S. 1.00 (1.00,1.01) 1.00 (0.99,1.00) 1.00 (0.99,1.00) 1.00 (0.99,1.00)
Years in the Community 1.00 (0.99,1.00) 1.00 (0.99,1.00) 1.00 (0.99,1.00) 1.00 (0.99,1.00)
Medical Comorbidities 1.04 (1.00,1.08) 1.04 (1.00,1.08) 1.04 (1.00,1.08) 1.04 (1.00,1.08)
Overall Health Status 1.82 (1.70,1.95)*** 1.83 (1.70,1.96)*** 1.83 (1.70,1.96)*** 1.76 (1.65,1.89)***
Health Change in the Past Year 1.33 (1.24,1.43)*** 1.33 (1.24,1.42)*** 1.33 (1.24,1.42)*** 1.36 (1.27,1.45)***
Network Size 0.89 (0.85, 0.92)*** 0.88 (0.84,0.92)*** 0.89 (0.85,0.93)***
Volume of Contact 0.83 (0.78,0.88)*** 0.84 (0.79,0.90)*** 0.94 (0.87,1.01)
Proportion Kin 0.98 (0.69,1.39) 1.19 (0.84,1.70)
Proportion Female 0.97 (0.80,1.17) 1.00 (0.83,1.20)
Proportion Coresident 0.88 (0.72,1.07) 0.77 (0.63,0.94)**
Emotional Closeness 0.65 (0.59,0.71)***

RR = rate ratio; CI = confidence interval. Depressive symptoms were measured by PHQ-9, ranging from 0 to 27.

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001.