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Table 3 Regression results on predictors of health and wellbeing variables (N = 1208)

From: To be or not to be: relationship between grandparent status and health and wellbeing

 

Self-rated physical health

B[95% CI] (SE)

Self-rated mental health

B[95% CI] (SE)

Resilience

B[95% CI] (SE)

Happiness

B[95% CI] (SE)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Male (ref: female)

0.174***

[0.082, 0.267]

(0.047)

0.164***

[0.071, 0.258]

(0.048)

0.156***

[0.065, 0.247]

(0.046)

0.145**

[0.053, 0.237]

(0.047)

0.139

[− 0.047, 0.325]

(0.095)

0.099

[− 0.088, 0.287]

(0.096)

− 0.374

[− 0.861, 0.113]

(0.249)

−0.300

[− 0.787, 0.188]

(0.249)

Age

− 0.002

[− 0.010, 0.006] (0.004)

− 0.001

[− 0.009, 0.008]

(0.004)

−0.003

[− 0.011, 0.005]

(0.004)

−0.001

[− 0.009, 0.008]

(0.004)

0.011

[− 0.005, 0.027]

(0.008)

0.018*

[0.001, 0.035]

(0.009)

0.060**

[0.018, 0.103]

(0.022)

0.032

[− 0.012, 0.077]

(0.023)

> Middle school (ref: < middle school)

0.110

[− 0.026, 0.247]

(0.069)

0.111

[− 0.026, 0.249]

(0.070)

0.195**

[0.061, 0.328]

(0.068)

0.180**

[0.044, 0.315]

(0.069)

0.384**

[0.111, 0.658]

(0.140)

0.346*

[0.070, 0.623]

(0.141)

−0.191

[− 0.907, 0.525]

(0.365)

0.084

[− 0.635, 0.803]

(0.367)

Middle school (ref: < middle school)

0.061

[− 0.051, 0.173]

(0.057)

0.056

[− 0.057, 0.169]

(0.058)

0.087

[− 0.024, 0.197]

(0.056)

0.076

[− 0.036, 0.187]

(0.057)

0.263*

[0.037, 0.490]

(0.115)

0.229*

[0.002, 0.456]

(0.116)

− 0.027

[− 0.618, 0.564]

(0.302)

0.112

[− 0.478, 0.703]

(0.301)

Finance

0.297***

[0.234, 0.359]

(0.032)

0.294***

[0.232, 0.357]

(0.032)

0.296***

[0.234, 0.357]

(0.031)

0.298***

[0.236, 0.360]

(0.031)

0.214***

[0.088, 0.340]

(0.064)

0.216***

[0.090, 0.342]

(0.064)

1.870***

[1.541, 2.199]

(0.168)

1.806***

[1.478, 2.133]

(0.167)

Physical activity

0.290***

[0.237, 0.343]

(0.027)

0.289***

[0.236, 0.343]

(0.027)

0.244***

[0.192, 0.296]

(0.027)

0.245***

[0.193, 0.298]

(0.027)

0.248***

[0.141, 0.355]

(0.055)

0.252***

[0.145, 0.358]

(0.054)

1.070***

[0.790, 1.350]

(0.143)

1.039***

[0.761, 1.316]

(0.142)

Married (ref: non-married)

0.089

[−0.032,0.211]

(0.062)

0.062

[−0.065,0.188]

(0.064)

0.187**

[0.067,0.306]

(0.061)

0.192**

[0.067,0.316]

(0.063)

0.073

[−0.172,0.317]

(0.125)

0.054

[−0.199,0.308]

(0.129)

0.800*

[0.161,1.439]

(0.326)

0.385

[−0.274,1.044]

(0.336)

Current grandparents (ref: not-to-be)

 

0.029

[−0.082, 0.140]

(0.056)

 

−0.062

[− 0.171, 0.047]

(0.056)

 

− 0.128

[− 0.350, 0.094]

(0.113)

 

1.429***

[0.851, 2.006]

(0.295)

Grandparents-to-be (ref: not-to-be)

 

0.138*

[0.014, 0.262]

(0.063)

 

0.041

[−0.082, 0.163]

(0.062)

 

0.263*

[0.013, 0.512]

(0.127)

 

0.891**

[0.243, 1.540]

(0.331)

Constant

1.469***

(0.313)

1.367***

(0.322)

1.883***

(0.308)

1.752***

(0.317)

4.613***

(0.629)

4.160***

(0.646)

6.927***

(1.646)

8.045***

(1.681)

Adjusted R2

0.186

0.188

0.184

0.185

0.041

0.047**

0.157

0.172***

  1. Note: B unstandardized cofficients, CI confidence interval, SE standard error; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001