Examining the Racial Crossover in Mortality between African American and White Older Adults: A Multilevel Survival Analysis of Race, Individual Socioeconomic Status, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context
Table 2
The effect of individual SES, neighborhood context on mortality over time (1986–2002) for people aged 65+ at baseline: multilevel survival model.
Variables
Model
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Model 1b
Model 2b
Model 3b
Model 4b
Model 5
Model 6
Model 7
Black
0.167*
0.013
0.163**
−0.010
0.192**
0.040
0.180*
0.021
3.028***
2.672**
2.529*
Male
0.621***
0.690***
0.586***
0.653***
0.623**
0.668***
0.585***
0.632***
0.609***
0.646***
0.614***
Age
0.087 ***
0.081***
0.087***
0.081***
0.091***
0.086***
0.091***
0.086***
0.106***
0.100***
0.099***
Age*Black
−.038***
−0.035**
−0.034**
Fam. Income
−.092***
−.093***
−.070***
−.071***
−.063***
−0.065*
Education
−0.008
−0.0119
−0.012
−0.0151
−.011***
−0.018
SDI
0.091*
0.107**
0.079*
0.087**
0.086**
Random effect
.0096***
.0069***
.0047***
.0051***
.0051***
.0017***
.0017***
***
; **; *; +. SDI: Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage Index; Random effect: random effects of neighborhood; Fam. income: family income.
