Research Article

Active Aging through Volunteerism: A Longitudinal Assessment of Perceived Neighborhood Safety as a Predictor among Older Adults, 2008-2018

Table 2

Multivariate logistic regression models estimating the average marginal effect of each predictor on volunteerism among older adults ().

VariableAverage marginal effect95% confidence interval value

Perceived neighborhood safety (Ref: fair/poor)
 Excellent0.03(0.02, 0.05)<0.0001
 Very good0.02(0.01, 0.04)0.01
 Good-0.00(-0.02, 0.01)0.76
Female gender0.01(-0.00, 0.02)0.27
Age-0.00(-0.00, -0.00)<0.0001
Race (Ref: White)
 Black-0.03(-0.04, -0.01)<0.0001
 Other-0.02(-0.05, -0.00)0.03
Hispanic ethnicity-0.09(-0.11, -0.08)<0.0001
Education (Ref: less than HS)
 GED0.07(0.05, 0.10)<0.0001
 High school graduate0.09(0.07, 0.10)<0.0001
 Some college0.15(0.14, 0.17)<0.0001
 College grad and higher0.26(0.24, 0.28)<0.0001
Marital status (Ref: married)
 Divorced/separated/widowed-0.02(-0.03, -0.01)<0.0001
 Never married-0.03(-0.06, -0.01)0.01
Working for pay0.02(0.01, 0.03)<0.0001
Total assets ($)(1.00, 1.00)<0.0001
Religious attendance (Ref: not at all)
 >once/week0.52(0.50, 0.53)<0.0001
 Once/week0.30(0.29, 0.31)<0.0001
 Two/three times/month0.20(0.19, 0.22)<0.0001
 Once or more/year0.09(0.08, 0.10)<0.0001
Depressed-0.03(-0.05, -0.02)<0.0001
Self-assessed health status (Ref: poor)
 Excellent0.18(0.16, 0.20)<0.0001
 Very good0.17(0.15, 0.18)<0.0001
 Good0.13(0.11, 0.14)<0.0001
 Fair0.08(0.06, 0.09)<0.0001

Results in bold indicate statistical significance at the level.