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Table 3 Associations of the social vulnerability dimensions with covariates (gender, age, frailty, and education)

From: Social vulnerability from a social ecology perspective: a cohort study of older adults from the National Population Health Survey of Canada

 

Engagement N = 2516

Contextual SES N = 2342

Support N = 2512

Living situation N = 2648

Esteem N = 2512

Control N = 2473

Relations N = 2188

Female Gender

-0.13 (-0.25, -0.01)*

-0.05 (-0.13, 0.03)

-0.14 (-0.23, -0.05)**

0.52 (0.44, 0.60)***

-0.00 (-0.03, 0.03)

-0.06 (-0.16, 0.03)

-0.03 (-0.10, 0.05)

Age (increasing)

0.01 (-0.01, 0.02)

-0.00 (-0.01, 0.00)

-0.01 (-0.01, 0.00)

0.03 (0.02, 0.03)***

-0.00 (-0.00, 0.00)

-0.02 (-0.03, -0.01)***

0.00 (-0.00, 0.01)

Frailty (increasing)

1.37 (0.77, 1.96)***

0.35 (-0.03, 0.73)

0.05 (-0.29, 0.58)

-0.11 (-0.50,0.27)

0.39 (0.22, 0.55)***

2.22 (1.74, 2.71)***

0.22 (-0.18, 0.61)

Education (lower)

0.42 (0.26, 0.58)***

0.34 (0.25, 0.44)***

0.05 (-0.06, 0.15)

0.03 (-0.07, 0.13)

0.04 (0.01, 0.08)**

0.02 (0.09, 0.32)***

0.06 (-0.03, 0.14)

  1. Statistically significant associations are indicated by *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001. The Number of participants included in the regression model for each dimension is indicated.