Gender differences in the age-cohort distribution of psychological distress in Canadian adults: findings from a national longitudinal survey

Table 5 Exploratory analyses - estimates of growth curve coefficients – women (n = 9062)

	Model 5a	Model 5b	Model 5c	Model 5d	Model 5e	Model 5f	Model 5 h
Fixed effects
Intercept	3.86**	3.84***	3.51***	3.53**	3.40***	3.13***	2.69***
Age	-.04*	-.03*	-.03	-.02	-.02	.01	.02
Age²	-.0001	.0001	-.0003	-.0003	-.0004	-.0011*	-.0011*
Age³	.00001***	.00001***	.00001***	.00002***	.00002***	.00002***	.00002***
Cohort	.21*	.20*	.16	.07	.25**	.21*	.25**
Cohort *Age	-.008*	-.012***	-.007**	-.007**	-.008**	-.008**	-.012***
Not employed	.15*	.23*					.21
Employment *Age		-.03***					-.03***
Employment *Cohort		.30**					.30**
Low education			.24***	.22**			.20***
Education *Age				-.006
Education *Cohort				.07
Without spouse					.55***	.83***	.83***
Marital status *Age						-.02**	-.02**
Marital status *Cohort						.10
Random effects (variance)
Intercept (between)	6.96	6.89	6.91	6.90	6.82	6.77	6.62
Slope (between)	.004	.004	.004	.004	.004	.004	.004
Residuals (within)	7.09	7.09	7.09	7.09	7.08	7.07	7.07
ICC ^a
Intercept (between)	.495	.493	.494	.493	.491	.489	.495
Residuals (within)	.505	.507	.506	.507	.509	.511	.505

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