TABLE 3.
Results of multiple linear regression predicting loneliness and attitude toward later life.
| Sense of loneliness | Attitude toward later life | |
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| Model 1 | Model 2 | |
| Age | −0.016+ (0.008) | −0.280*** (0.049) |
| Gendera | 0.331* (0.132) | 0.746 (0.769) |
| Elementary schoolb | −0.045 (0.173) | 0.401 (1.004) |
| Middle school or higherb | −0.192 (0.202) | −0.788 (1.172) |
| Employment statusc | 0.253+ (0.152) | −2.651** (0.885) |
| Economic status | −0.339** (0.110) | 4.113*** (0.645) |
| Marital statusd | −0.547*** (0.127) | 0.923 (0.748) |
| Number of children | −0.293*** (0.048) | −0.309 (0.286) |
| Self-rated health | −0.321*** (0.092) | 4.175*** (0.535) |
| IADLe | 0.187 (0.177) | −6.591*** (1.028) |
| Intergenerational relationship quality | −0.117*** (0.010) | 0.214*** (0.062) |
| Sense of loneliness | −1.731*** (0.216) | |
| Constant | 11.814*** (0.803) | 62.715*** (5.310) |
| R 2 | 0.327 | 0.562 |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.317 | 0.554 |
| F Statistic | 31.971*** | 77.083*** |
| AIC | 2723.015 | 5308.135 |
| BIC | 2782.814 | 5372.533 |
N = 735, aFemale = 0, male = 1. bReference group = illiterate. cRetired = 0, working = 1. dunpartnered = 0, married = 1. eIADL was recoded into a dummy variable (0 = Independent, 1 = Dependent). AIC, Akaike’s information criterion; BIC, Bayesian information criterion. Standard errors are in parentheses, +p < 0.1; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.