Table 3 Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis predicting Self-management Abilities among Community-dwelling Older Adults
Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | |
Step 1: background variables | |||||||
Gender (female) | 2.09 | 0.72 | 0.09** | 2.19 | 0.77 | 0.10** | |
Age (higher) | -0.34 | 0.06 | -0.18*** | -0.26 | 0.07 | -0.13*** | |
Educational level a | |||||||
Low | -2.76 | 0.87 | -0.11** | -1.03 | 0.98 | -0.04 | |
High | 0.32 | 0.82 | 0.01 | -0.52 | 0.84 | -0.02 | |
Living situation (with others) | -0.78 | 0.82 | -0.03 | -0.65 | 0.89 | -0.03 | |
Number of somatic conditions (two or more) | -0.55 | 0.73 | -0.02 | -0.58 | 0.79 | 0.03 | |
Severity of disability (mild to severe) | -3.59 | 0.77 | -0.15*** | -2.79 | 0.83 | -0.12** | |
Step 2: internet variables | |||||||
Visiting social network sites (frequent usage) | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.04 | ||||
Meeting new people (frequent usage) | 3.63 | 1.82 | 0.07* | ||||
E-mailing (frequent usage) | 5.19 | 0.87 | 0.21*** | ||||
Digital calling (frequent usage) | 1.26 | 0.78 | 0.06 | ||||
N | 1,019 | 815 | |||||
R2 | 0.088 | 0.116 | |||||