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Table 3 Multilevel models of life satisfaction, individual and contextual characteristics among old people. The BH Health Study, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2008-2011

From: A multilevel model of life satisfaction among old people: individual characteristics and neighborhood physical disorder

Variables

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

PR (95% CI)

p-value

PR (95% CI)

p-value

PR (95% CI)

p-value

PR (95% CI)

p-value

PR (95% CI)

p-value

PR (95% CI)

p-value

Individual characteristics

Age

1.03 (1.01–1.06)1

0.013

1.03 (1.01–1.06)1

0.015

1.03 (1.01–1.06)1

0.010

1.03 (1.01–1.06)1

0.019

1.03 (1.01–1.06)1

0.014

1.03 (1.01–1.06)1

0.015

Sex

 Male

0.94 (0.87–1.02)

0.170

0.94 (0.87–1.02)

0.165

0.94 (0.87–1.02)

0.152

0.95 (0.87–1.03)

0.193

0.95 (0.87–1.03)

0.176

0.95 (0.87–1.03)

0.202

 Female

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Family income

  ≥ 2 mw

1.13 (1.02–1.26)

0.024

1.12 (1.00–1-26)

0.051

1.13 (1.01–1.26)

0.028

1.12 (1.01–1.26)

0.048

1.13 (1.01–1.26)

0.034

1.11 (0.98–1.25)

0.088

  < 2 mw

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Religion participation

  > 2 x/month

1.20 (1.02–1.42)

0.027

1.20 (1.02–1.42)

0.027

1.20 (1.02–1.43)

0.025

1.21 (1.02–1.42)

0.026

1.20 (1.02–1.42)

0.019

1.21 (1.03–1.44)

0.022

  ≤ 2 x/month

1.14 (0.95–1.37)

0.147

1.14 (0.95–1.37)

0.153

1.14 (0.95–1.37)

0.152

1.15 (0.96–1.37)

0.141

1.14 (0.95–1.37)

0.149

1.15 (0.95–1.38)

0.143

 None

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Physical activity

 Yes

1.12 (1.02–1.22)

0.019

1.11 (1.02–1.22)

0.022

1.11 (1.02–1.22)

0.018

1.11 (1.02–1.22)

0.020

1.11 (1.02–1.22)

0.021

1.11 (1.01–1.21)

0.023

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Self-rated health

 Good/Very good

1.23 (1.03–1.46)

0.006

1.22 (1.03–1.45)

0.021

1.23 (1.04–1.46)

0.018

1.22 (1.03–1.46)

0.025

1.23 (1.03–1.46)

0.020

1.21 (1.02–1.44)

0.026

 Fair

1.20 (1.00–1.45)

0.051

1.20 (1.00–1.45)

0.055

1.20 (1.00–1.45)

0.047

1.20 (0.99–1.45)

0.056

1.20 (1.00–1.45)

0.052*

1.20 (1.00–1.44)

0.052

 Poor/Very poor

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Contextual characteristics

Walking environment

  

1.02 (0.98–1.06)

0.444

      

0.99 (0.95–1.04)

0.741

Physical disorder

    

0.95 (0.90–1.01)

0.092

    

0.94 (0.88–0.99)

0.048

Safety

      

1.01 (0.98–1.05)

0.448

  

1.03 (0.98–1.07)

0.209

Garbage collection and schools services

        

1.02 (0.98–1.06)

0.418

1.01 (0.97–1.04)

0.761

Random effects

AIC

1579.70

 

1581.93

 

1580.88

 

1581.6

 

1581.61

 

1586.47

 
  1. mw minimum wages, AIC Akaike information criterion
  2. N individual level = 801; N contextual level = 146; 1For an increase of 5 years in age
  3. Null model: AIC = 1639.54