Table 2

Distributions of resilience scores and associations with demographic, economic and social factors

Characteristic*Baseline COMRAID 2011COMRAID-R follow-up 2012
Mean (95% CI) resilience scoreUnadjusted B-coefficient (95% CI)Adjusted B-coefficient (95% CI)†Mean (95% CI) resilience scoreUnadjusted B-coefficient (95% CI)Adjusted B-coefficient (95% CI)†
Total sample80.24 (78.64 to 81.85)84.89 (83.45 to 86.34)
Age
 18–2185.55 (81.59 to 89.51)ReferenceReference85.50 (79.90 to 91.09)ReferenceReference
 22–3781.66 (79.61 to 83.72)−3.88 (−10.53 to 2.76)0.31 (−6.55 to 7.19)85.90 (83.92 to 87.87)−0.03 (−6.48 to 6.41)−1.80 (−7.75 to 4.14)
 38–6577.55 (74.76 to 80.35)−7.99 (−14.74 to −1.24)−0.93 (−8.46 to 6.59)84.00 (81.73 to 86.27)−1.92 (−8.40 to 4.55)−1.72 (−7.99 to 4.55)
Gender
 Male79.03 (76.39 to 81.66)ReferenceReference86.29 (83.88 to 88.69)ReferenceReference
 Female80.95 (78.93 to 82.97)1.92 (−1.39 to 5.25)6.30 (1.65 to 10.95)84.28 (82.47 to 86.10)−1.54 (−4.60 to 1.50)0.64 (−3.19 to 4.48)
Marital status
 Married80.37 (78.58 to 82.17)ReferenceReference86.10 (84.61 to 87.58)ReferenceReference
 Widowed/divorced72.56 (64.74 to 80.38)−7.81 (−13.62 to −1.99)−4.46 (−10.07 to 1.14)74.87 (68.95 to 80.79)−10.88 (−15.80 to −5.97)−5.13 (−9.87 to −0.39)
 Never married84.28 (81.20 to 87.35)3.90 (−0.58 to 8.39)2.65 (−2.26 to 7.57)85.59 (80.30 to 90.88)−1.13 (−6.46 to 4.18)−4.46 (−9.63 to 0.70)
Education
 Postsecondary (AL)85.78 (82.18 to 89.38)ReferenceReference87.27 (83.51 to 91.02)ReferenceReference
 Secondary (OL)81.25 (79.30 to 83.20)−4.53 (−9.28 to 0.21)−0.56 (−5.08 to 3.96)86.11 (84.43 to 87.78)−1.54 (−5.67 to 2.58)0.47 (−3.03 to 3.97)
 Primary (grade 5)75.02 (71.40 to 78.64)−10.76 (−16.06 to −5.45)−4.32 (−9.79 to 1.14)80.36 (76.80 to 83.91)−6.97 (−11.76 to −2.19)−2.30 (−6.71 to 2.10)
Employment
 Employed81.29 (78.91 to 83.67)ReferenceReference86.22 (83.95 to 88.48)ReferenceReference
 Unemployed79.53 (77.38 to 81.69)−1.75 (−5.02 to 1.51)−5.65 (−10.23 to −1.06)84.33 (82.44 to 86.21)1.88 (−1.08 to 4.85)3.38 (−0.28 to 7.05)
Financial debt
 No debts81.09 (78.97 to 83.20)ReferenceReference88.04 (86.55 to 89.52)ReferenceReference
 Indebted79.04 (76.57 to 81.51)−2.04 (−5.29 to 1.19)1.11 (−1.90 to 4.12)76.74 (73.75 to 79.73)−11.63 (−14.72 to −8.53)−4.60 (−7.94 to −1.26)
Food security (year)
 Sufficient food84.73 (83.13 to 86.34)ReferenceReference88.62 (87.28 to 89.96)ReferenceReference
 Lack sufficient food69.09 (65.90 to 72.28)−15.64 (−18.87 to −12.40)−14.93 (−18.22 to −11.64)70.48 (67.50 to 73.46)−17.73 (−20.81 to −14.65)−14.57 (−18.24 to −10.90)
Social support availability
 Low65.84 (61.97 to 69.70)−25.27 (−29.02 to −21.52)−20.90 (−24.91 to −16.89)67.86 (63.74 to 71.97)−23.31 (−27.77 to −18.84)−16.69 (−21.40 to −11.7)
 Medium74.00 (71.64 to 76.35)−17.11 (−19.98 to −14.24)−15.50 (−18.38 to −12.61)79.97 (77.65 to 82.30)−11.19 (−13.77 to −8.62)−7.28 (−9.93 to −4.64)
 High91.11 (89.60 to 92.62)ReferenceReference91.17 (89.76 to 92.58)ReferenceReference
Social support adequacy
 Low80.65 (76.26 to 85.05)−3.48 (−7.79 to 0.82)−0.45 (−4.54 to 3.63)83.56 (78.97 to 88.15)−0.67 (−5.10 to 3.75)0.03 (−3.73 to 3.80)
 Medium72.95 (69.91 to 75.99)−11.18 (−14.72 to −7.64)−8.35 (−11.74 to −.97)86.30 (83.97 to 88.62)2.05 (−1.09 to 5.21)1.15 (−1.50 to 3.81)
 High84.14 (82.25 to 86.02)ReferenceReference84.24 (82.25 to 86.23)ReferenceReference
Social network
 Adequate network79.41 (77.64 to 81.18)ReferenceReference86.00 (84.49 to 87.50)ReferenceReference
 Social isolation84.47 (80.75 to 88.19)−5.05 (−9.36 to −0.74)−5.31 (−9.24 to −1.37)78.65 (74.30 to 82.99)−6.67 (−10.88 to −2.46)−6.51 (−10.02 to −2.99)
  • Bold values are significant at p<0.001.

  • *Measured contemporaneously with resilience at each examination.

  • †Adjusted for age, gender, marital status, education, employment, debt and food security.