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Table 2 Odds ratios for social capital measures on self reported health

From: Investigating the temporal relationship between individual-level social capital and health in fragile families

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

n

3284

 

3284

 

3237

 

3261

 

3231

 

Indicies of Social Capital

 Social Support and Trust

1.1138 c

(0.039)

      

1.091 b

(0.039)

 Social Participation

  

1.02402

(0.054)

    

1.014

(0.056)

 Percevied Neighborhood

          

 Social Control

    

1.1647 b

(0.070)

  

1.078

(0.072)

 Percevied Neighborhood

          

 Social Cohesion

      

1.2892 b

(0.113)

1.215 b

(0.119)

Explanatory Variables

 Health t-1

6.0344 c

(0.717)

6.27969 c

(0.738)

6.4230 c

(0.764)

6.1635 c

(0.732)

6.090 c

(0.736)

 Married

1.1766

(0.178)

1.19200

(0.182)

1.2451

(0.191)

1.1775

(0.180)

1.199

(0.186)

 Cohabitating

0.9147

(0.114)

0.94582

(0.118)

0.9337

(0.117)

0.9541

(0.119)

0.919

(0.117)

 Race

          

  Black

0.9571

(0.143)

0.93027

(0.139)

0.9761

(0.147)

0.9670

(0.145)

1.009

(0.153)

  Hispanic

0.8520

(0.142)

0.82939

(0.138)

0.8608

(0.146)

0.8496

(0.142)

0.880

(0.149)

  Other

1.2224

(0.420)

1.20504

(0.418)

1.2477

(0.438)

1.2457

(0.438)

1.269

(0.444)

 Poverty

0.9182

(0.117)

0.91332

(0.117)

0.9252

(0.120)

0.9116

(0.118)

0.932

(0.122)

 Income

          

  $30,000–$59,999

1.2651

(0.195)

1.32098 a

(0.203)

1.3266 a

(0.207)

1.2819

(0.199)

1.265

(0.199)

  $60,000 +

1.5915 a

(0.400)

1.69211 b

(0.425)

1.6236 a

(0.413)

1.5660 a

(0.396)

1.512

(0.386)

  Mising Income

0.9381

(0.117)

0.93624

(0.116)

0.9415

(0.118)

0.8977

(0.112)

0.928

(0.117)

 Age

          

  25–34

1.0431

(0.149)

1.03653

(0.147)

1.0282

(0.148)

1.0197

(0.147)

1.026

(0.149)

  35–44

1.0770

(0.203)

1.04467

(0.195)

1.0232

(0.193)

1.0421

(0.196)

1.045

(0.199)

  45+

1.0337

(0.413)

1.02275

(0.411)

1.0399

(0.431)

0.9935

(0.404)

1.014

(0.420)

 Employed

1.3992 c

(0.152)

1.41935 c

(0.153)

1.4385 c

(0.157)

1.4215 c

(0.155)

1.417 c

(0.156)

 Education

          

  Highschool graduate

1.1369

(0.149)

1.17506

(0.154)

1.1790

(0.156)

1.1538

(0.152)

1.125

(0.150)

  Some College

1.3143 a

(0.201)

1.36641 b

(0.207)

1.3648 b

(0.210)

1.3655 b

(0.209)

1.292

(0.202)

  College Graduate

1.8164 b

(0.537)

1.91443 b

(0.562)

1.8920 b

(0.555)

1.8634 b

(0.544)

1.739 a

(0.518)

 Nonsmoker

1.4305 c

(0.162)

1.42832 c

(0.161)

1.4798 c

(0.169)

1.4442 c

(0.163)

1.465 c

(0.168)

 Number of children

          

  2

0.8174

(0.135)

0.81242

(0.135)

0.8005

(0.135)

0.8239

(0.138)

0.807

(0.136)

  3

0.7767

(0.137)

0.76388

(0.135)

0.7465

(0.134)

0.7662

(0.136)

0.759

(0.136)

  4 or more

0.6173 c

(0.109)

0.58368 c

(0.102)

0.5873 c

(0.104)

0.6051 c

(0.107)

0.620 c

(0.111)

 Constant

0.5515 a

(0.174)

0.84614

(0.233)

0.4987 b

(0.172)

0.4165 b

(0.157)

0.258 c

(0.107)

 Pseudo R2

0.154

 

0.150

 

0.156

 

0.155

 

0.160

 
  1. The Dependent variable is good health (=1) if SRH is good, very good, or excellent; poor health otherwise. The size of the sample, n, is provided. Robust standard errors are provided in parentheses. a indicates significance at the 10 % level, b indicates significance at the 5 % level while c indicates significance at the 1 % level