Table 3

Group memberships protect against mortality (W3-W5)

	Retirees (N=410)				Matched controls (N=424)
	R² change	b	SE	OR	R² change	b	SE	OR
Step 1 W1 variables	0.15***				0.10*
Age		0.15	0.04	1.16***		0.12	0.04	1.13**
Sex		−0.78	0.47	0.46		0.47	0.46	1.59
Subjective physical health		0.02	0.14	1.02		−0.32	0.18	0.72
Relationship status		−0.08	0.26	0.92		0.11	0.25	1.11
Socioeconomic status		0.06	0.08	1.07		−0.07	0.08	0.94
Step 2	0.01				0.07**
W1 Group memberships		−0.24	0.16	0.79		−0.66	0.24	0.52**
Step 3	0.08***				0.02
W2 Group memberships		−0.85	0.25	0.43***		0.26	0.14	1.29

Entries are for variables at the stage at which they are entered into the model.
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.