Table 3.

Concurrent models testing associations between frequency of engagement in leisure activities and the odds of depression.

	Model 1: Unadjusted			Model 2: Adjusted
	OR	95% CI	p value	OR	95% CI	p value
Reading
Monthly	0.72	0.62–0.83	<0.001	1.00	0.85–1.17	0.959
Weekly	0.55	0.49–0.62	<0.001	0.92	0.80–1.05	0.206
Writing
Monthly	1.07	0.98–1.17	0.123	1.03	0.93–1.14	0.531
Weekly	0.98	0.89–1.08	0.714	0.98	0.88–1.09	0.725
Baking/cooking
Monthly	0.93	0.85–1.01	0.103	0.98	0.89–1.08	0.689
Weekly	0.84	0.77–0.92	<0.001	0.91	0.82–1.01	0.084
Sewing
Monthly	1.09	0.94–1.26	0.242	0.92	0.79–1.08	0.314
Weekly	1.34	1.16–1.54	<0.001	1.05	0.89–1.23	0.586
Hobby/project
Monthly	0.62	0.57–0.68	<0.001	0.80	0.72–0.88	<0.001
Weekly	0.62	0.57–0.68	<0.001	0.81	0.73–0.89	<0.001
Club
Monthly	0.68	0.62–0.74	<0.001	0.85	0.77–0.94	0.001
Weekly	0.61	0.54–0.68	<0.001	0.78	0.69–0.88	<0.001
Organization
Monthly	0.91	0.81–1.01	0.086	0.98	0.87–1.10	0.716
Weekly	1.21	1.01–1.44	0.034	1.20	0.98–1.46	0.073

Note. N = 19,276. For all activities, no engagement was the reference category. Model 2 was adjusted for gender, race/ethnicity, education, age, marital status, employment status, household income, neighborhood safety, social network, difficulty with ADLs and IADLs, chronic health conditions, and cognition. Results weighted and based on 20 multiply imputed data sets. Bold text indicates p < 0.05.