The Relationship between Health and Community across Aging Cohorts

Table 4

Self-rated health with all predictors (odds ratios with 95% interval confidence).

Age category	65–74 yrs		75–84 yrs		85+ yrs
Predictor	OR	95% C.I.	OR	95% C.I.	OR	95% C.I.
Age	1.00	0.96; 1.04	0.92***	0.87; 0.97	1.06	0.96; 1.17
Sex (male)	0.81	0.62; 1.04	0.76	0.56; 1.05	0.72	0.37; 1.38
Race (minority)	0.57***	0.43; 0.76	0.59**	0.41; 0.87	0.69	0.31; 1.55
Education	1.34***	1.20; 1.49	1.17*	1.02; 1.35	1.19	0.89; 1.58
Poverty @ 200% (poor)	0.49***	0.37; 0.66	0.61**	0.44; 0.87	1.40	0.75; 2.62
Marital status (married)
Widowed	0.59*	0.40; 0.87	0.91	0.59; 1.41	1.25	0.55; 2.86
Divorced/separated	0.48**	0.32; 0.74	1.18	0.59; 2.38	0.56	0.12; 2.55
Single	0.50*	0.32; 0.77	1.07	0.58; 1.94	0.98	0.34; 2.83
Living arrangement (with others)	0.76	0.54; 1.06	0.66*	0.44; 0.99	1.59	0.78; 3.24
SC: neighborhood cohesion	1.31*	1.04; 1.65	1.10	0.82; 1.48	1.15	0.71; 1.89
SC: neighborhood support	1.05	0.92; 1.19	1.11	0.95; 1.30	1.35*	1.01; 1.80
SC: neighborhood trust	1.06	0.87; 1.31	1.87***	1.42; 2.46	1.23	0.76; 1.97
SC: neighborhood participation	1.05	0.96; 1.14	1.14*	1.02; 1.26	1.09	0.94; 1.26
SC: telephone interaction	1.02	0.91; 1.14	0.90	0.79; 1.04	0.93	0.71; 1.23
Model fit
𝑅^2	0.07		0.05		0.04
𝐹(df)	𝐹(14,997) = 194.82**		𝐹(14,641) = 94.13*		𝐹(14,186) = 20.94

^∗∗∗𝑃≤0.001; ^∗∗𝑃≤0.01; ^∗𝑃≤0.05.