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. 2021 Dec 2;77(7):1350–1360. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbab222

Table 3.

Odds Ratios From Ordinal Logistic Regression and Binary Logistic Regression Models With Interactions for Age, Gender, and Education, Ages 45 and Older (N = 22,105)

Physical/mental health Social health
Self-rated physical health Self-rated mental health Frequency of talking to family Frequency of talking to friends Talk to family/friends everyday Civic engagement Loneliness (reverse-coded)
Interaction of age and family structure
Family structure (Has partner and children)
Has partner, no children 1.062 0.926 0.906 1.114 1.025 0.866* 0.871*
No partner, has children 0.698*** 0.681*** 1.011 1.484*** 1.429*** 0.895* 0.559 ***
No partner, no children 0.692*** 0.628*** 0.726*** 1.312*** 1.224** 0.745*** 0.539***
70+ (<70) 0.791*** 0.827** 0.851** 0.777*** 0.816** 1.506*** 1.20**
Interaction (Has partner and children × <70)
Has partner, no children × 70+ 0.897 1.173 0.660* 0.957 0.755 1.056 0.813
No partner, has children × 70+ 1.319** 1.325** 1.139 0.886 1.077 1.121 1.28**
No partner, no children × 70+ 1.109 1.384* 0.965 0.968 1.288 0.964 1.03
Interaction of gender and family structure
Family structure (Has partner and children)
Has partner, no children 0.955 0.919 0.829* 1.069 0.943 0.909 0.805
No partner, has children 0.735*** 0.789*** 1.057 1.463*** 1.434*** 0.999 0.785**
No partner, no children 0.736*** 0.773** 0.802** 1.414*** 1.368*** 0.895 0.614**
Male 0.762*** 0.869*** 0.486*** 0.624*** 0.507*** 0.962 0.949
Interaction (Has partner and children × Male)
Has partner, no children × Male 1.210 1.108 1.076 1.064 1.114 0.958 0.826
No partner, has children × Male 1.127 0.838* 1.042 1.042 1.127 0.804* 0.75
No partner, no children × Male 0.927 0.788* 0.804 0.867 0.855 0.706** 0.772
Interaction of education and family structure
Family structure (Has partner and children)
Has partner, no children 1.111 1.008 0.864* 1.147* 0.916 0.863 0.831**
No partner, has children 0.749*** 0.746*** 1.087 1.422*** 1.448*** 0.886** 0.586***
No partner, no children 0.682*** 0.678*** 0.703*** 1.176* 1.174* 0.739*** 0.554***
College degree 1.956*** 1.754*** 1.031 1.172*** 0.890 2.507*** 1.14**
Interaction (Has partner and children × University degree)
Has partner, no children × University degree 0.884 0.915 0.972 0.886 1.250 1.109 1.1
No partner, has children × University degree 1.008 0.895 0.904 1.180 1.091 1.115 1.08
No partner, no children × University degree 1.164 1.065 1.100 1.493** 1.371* 1.120 0.95

Notes: Estimates shown as odds ratios. Models are estimated separately for each interaction by outcome. All models are estimated using ordinal logistic regression except for binary outcomes (“Talk to family/friends everyday” and “Civic engagement”) which are estimated with logistic regression. Models control for all variables included in Table 2.

***p < .001, **p < .01, *p < .05.