Table 3 Factors associated with Mexican older adults’ healthy behaviors (Multiple Poisson regression with robust variance) (n = 948)

 Female gender

1.19

1.04–1.36

0.009

1.19

1.03–1.37

0.016

1.55

1.21–1.97

0.000

 75 years of age and older

0.97

0.82–1.14

0.693

1.00

0.82–1.23

0.996

1.04

0.76–1.43

0.809

 Elementary school or less

0.95

0.83–1.10

0.515

0.96

0.82–1.13

0.613

0.97

0.74–1.26

0.799

Job

0.99

0.88–1.12

0.909

0.99

0.87–1.13

0.903

0.98

0.78–1.24

0.902

Regular monthly income

1.37

1.10–1.71

0.005

0.92

0.77–1.11

0.385

1.15

0.82–1.63

0.418

Presence of chronic disease(s)

1.02

0.90–1.16

0.697

0.99

0.86–1.14

0.894

1.09

0.87–1.38

0.447

DSM-IV Major Depressive Episode

1.10

0.80–1.51

0.565

0.79

0.49–1.27

0.337

0.88

0.44–1.79

0.736

Moderate to severe physical limitations

1.12

0.97–1.29

0.113

0.84

0.68–1.04

0.111

0.87

0.62–1.20

0.396

Good self-rated health

1.04

0.92–1.17

0.554

1.25

1.08–1.44

0.002

1.42

1.12–1.80

0.004

 Smoking

0.84

0.67–1.05

0.131

0.87

0. 68–1.10

0.250

0.72

0.45–1.13

0.149

History of regular physical exercise at the age of 50 years

1.11

0.98–1.24

0.090

3.13

2.61–3.76

0.000

3.10

2.35–4.08

0.000

  Without family members

1.45

0.92–2.27

0.108

0.78

0.47–1.28

0.329

0.91

0.40–2.06

0.821

  1–2 family members

1.22

0.87–1.70

0.246

0.82

0.56–1.20

0.244

0.73

0.40–1.34

0.317

  3–4 family members

1.17

0.94–1.46

0.168

0.89

0.69–1.15

0.371

0.77

0.52–1.15

0.208

  5 or more family members

Ref.

Ref.

  Spouse/life partner

1.07

0.91–1.27

0.415

1.10

0.91–1.33

0.307

1.28

0.94–1.76

0.120

  Children

1.13

0.91–1.41

0.259

0.87

0.68–1.10

0.256

1.16

0.76–1.77

0.479

  Other family members

1.07

0.90–1.28

0.410

0.86

0.70–1.06

0.162

0.78

0.56–1.09

0.140

 Friends

0.92

0.80–1.07

0.283

1.13

0.94–1.36

0.190

1.05

0.78–1.42

0.739

 Tangible SS: Most of the time

0.96

0.77–1.20

0.706

0.88

0.72–1.09

0.248

0.84

0.59–1.18

0.309

 Affectionate SS: Most of the time

1.09

0.84–1.43

0.506

1.06

0.80–1.41

0.675

1.16

0.73–1.86

0.530

 Positive social interaction: Most of the time

0.94

0.74–1.20

0.633

1.04

0.83–1.30

0.709

1.01

0.67–1.52

0.975

 Emotional/informational SS: Most of the time

1.07

0.85–1.35

0.555

0.95

0.77–1.16

0.602

0.93

0.65–1.31

0.669

 Increased risk of social isolation

0.87

0.75–1.01

0.074

1.03

0.88–1.22

0.689

0.77

0.57–1.03

0.077