Neighbourhood socio-economic status and positive affectivity among older residents in Germany: a cross-sectional analysis with data from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study

Hartig, Christina; Bolte, Gabriele; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz; Moebus, Susanne; Riedel, Natalie

doi:10.1186/s12877-022-03459-9

Table 3 Results from linear regression analyses of neighbourhood social welfare rate with positive affectivity

From: Neighbourhood socio-economic status and positive affectivity among older residents in Germany: a cross-sectional analysis with data from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study

	Model 1 “crude”			Model 2 “socio-demographics”			Model 3 “social integration”			Model 4 “environmental perception”			Model 5 “full model”
Exposure variable
SGBII 500 m	b	95%-CI		b	95%-CI		b	95%-CI		b	95%-CI		b	95%-CI
Lowest	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/
Mid-low	−0.764	−1.557	0.030	−0.544	−1.328	0.239	−0.392	−1.168	0.384	−0.268	−1.037	0.502	−0.227	−0.992	0.538
Mid-high	−0.951	−1.775	−0.127	−0.508	−1.332	0.317	−0.239	−1.059	0.581	0.013	−0.810	0.836	0.054	−0.766	0.873
Highest	−1.916	−2.997	−0.835	−1.429	−2.511	−0.346	−1.199	−2.276	−0.121	−0.875	−1.971	0.221	−0.945	−2.037	0.147
Socio-demographic variables
Gender
Female				−0.046	−0.693	0.602	−0.036	−0.694	0.622	−0.046	−0.677	0.585	0.032	−0.614	0.677
Male				Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/
Age
Increasing age				−0.101	−0.156	−0.045	−0.098	−0.153	−0.043	−0.119	−0.173	−0.065	−0.112	−0.166	−0.057
Education (ISCED)
≤ 10 years				−2.022	−3.589	−0.456	−1.648	−3.195	−0.100	−1.891	−3.418	−0.363	−1.641	−3.160	−0.122
11–13 years				−1.192	−2.147	−0.237	−1.026	−1.970	−0.083	−1.259	−2.189	−0.329	−1.133	−2.058	−0.208
14–17 years				−0.520	−1.538	0.497	−0.340	−1.346	0.665	−0.435	−1.428	0.557	−0.326	−1.314	0.661
≥ 18 years				Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/
Home ownership
Yes				Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/
No				−1.131	−1.770	−0.492	−0.716	−1.356	−0.077	−0.532	−1.169	0.104	−0.273	−0.911	0.365
Economic activity
Employed				Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/
Inactive/ Homemaker				−0.710	−2.223	0.802	−0.834	−2.332	0.665	−0.843	−2.316	0.630	−0.974	−2.443	0.494
Retired				−0.615	−1.485	0.254	−0.554	−1.412	0.304	−0.599	−1.446	0.247	−0.560	−1.400	0.281
Unemployed				−2.126	−3.860	−0.392	−1.993	−3.704	−0.283	−1.775	−3.464	−0.086	−1.688	−3.364	−0.011
Social integration variables
Social network index
Large							Ref.	/	/				Ref.	/	/
Medium							−1.698	−3.257	−0.138				−1.847	−3.376	−0.318
Small							−2.744	−4.387	−1.102				−2.812	−4.425	−1.200
“Social isolation”							−3.862	−6.224	−1.501				−3.890	−6.202	−1.577
Trust in neighbours
Poor to average							−0.993	−2.356	0.369				−0.596	−1.940	0.748
Good							−0.737	−1.605	0.130				−0.499	−1.353	0.355
Excellent							Ref.	/	/				Ref.	/	/
Support by neighbours
Poor to average							−2.379	−3.902	−0.856				−1.860	−3.359	−0.361
Good							−0.887	−1.726	−0.047				−0.581	−1.407	0.245
Excellent							Ref.	/	/				Ref.	/	/
Environmental perception variables
Satisfaction with the apartment
Poor to average										−2.881	−4.916	−0.847	−2.537	−4.561	−0.513
Good										−2.965	−3.766	−2.164	−2.899	−3.695	−2.104
Excellent										Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/
Satisfaction with the residential area
Poor to average										0.182	−1.578	1.942	0.736	−1.025	2.497
Good										−0.882	−1.616	−0.147	−0.491	−1.234	0.252
Excellent										Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/
Wish to change the residence
Yes										−0.167	−1.322	0.987	−0.049	−1.198	1.099
No										Ref.	/	/	Ref.	/	/

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