Table 2 Pairwise cross-sectional correlations (with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons; 2002–2014, pooled)
Depressive symptoms (CES-D) | Age | Marital status (Ref.: married, living together with spouse) | Employment status: retired (Ref.: Working) | Employment status: other | Number of important people in regular contact | Self-esteem (Rosenberg scale) | Number of chronic diseases | BMI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Depressive symptoms (CES-D) | 1 | ||||||||
Age | 0.0145 | 1 | |||||||
Marital status (Ref.: married, living together with spouse) | 0.128*** | 0.0683*** | 1 | ||||||
Employment status: retired (Ref.: Working) | 0.0276** | 0.772*** | 0.0442*** | 1 | |||||
Employment status: other | 0.0602*** | −0.155*** | 0.00624 | −0.377*** | 1 | ||||
Number of important people in regular contact | − 0.0739*** | − 0.107*** | − 0.114*** | − 0.0784*** | − 0.0163 | 1 | |||
Self-esteem (Rosenberg scale) | −0.395*** | −0.0343*** | − 0.0699*** | −0.0390*** | − 0.0640*** | 0.0555*** | 1 | ||
Number of chronic diseases | 0.280*** | 0.365*** | 0.0607*** | 0.306*** | −0.0401*** | −0.0140 | − 0.236*** | 1 | |
BMI | 0.0438*** | 0.0412*** | −0.0214+ | 0.0591*** | 0.00881 | −0.0141 | −0.0442*** | 0.185*** | 1 |
Observations | 19,826 |