Table 4.

Poisson regression models of housing insecurity and chronic physical health conditions, Midlife in the United States (n = 2598).

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	IRR	95% CI	IRR	95% CI	IRR	95% CI	IRR	95% CI
Housing Insecurity (HI)	1.12***	1.08–1.15	1.07***	1.04–1.10	1.10***	1.06–1.14	1.00	0.96–1.05
Age * HI					0.89**	0.83–0.96
Race * HI							1.15***	1.08–1.22
Age (Ref=<65)
65+	1.46***	1.39–1.54	1.24***	1.17–1.30	1.23***	1.17–1.30	1.23***	1.17–1.30
Race (Ref = White)
Black	1.17***	1.09–1.25	1.12**	1.04–1.20	1.12**	1.04–1.20	1.07†	0.99–1.15
Sex (Ref = Female)
Male	0.82***	0.78–0.86	0.92**	0.87–0.97	0.91***	0.86–0.96	0.91***	0.86–0.96
Education (Ref = HS or less)
Some college or more	0.87***	0.82–0.92	0.93**	0.88–0.98	0.93**	0.88–0.98	0.93**	0.88–0.98
Household Income	0.98***	0.97–0.99	0.98**	0.97–0.99	0.98**	0.97–0.99	0.98***	0.97–0.99
Marital Status (Ref = Not married)
Married	1.02	0.96–1.07	1.03	0.97–1.09	1.03	0.97–1.08	1.02	0.97–1.08
MIDUS 2 Health
Chronic conditions last 12 months			1.21***	1.20–1.22	1.21***	1.20–1.23	1.21***	1.20–1.23

Significance level: †p ≤ 0.10, *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001.

Model 1 R² = 0.113; Model 2 R² = 0.312; Model 3 R² = 0.315; Model 4 R² = 0.317.