Neighborhood differences in social capital in Ghent (Belgium): a multilevel approach

Table 6 Fixed and random parameters of the social leverage multilevel models

	Model 0	Model 1a	Model 1b	Model 2a	Model 2b
	β (SE)	β (SE)	β (SE)	β (SE)	β (SE)
Fixed effects
Constant	9.291 (0.178)***	10.116 (0.261)***	9.972 (0.194)***	9.918 (0.265)***	9.969 (0.189)***
Level 1
Female		−0.348 (0.257)		−0.348 (0.257)
65 years or older		−0.743 (0.331)*	−0.905 (0.304)**	−0.679 (0.333)
Low education level		−0.525 (0.364)		−0.579 (0.363)
Single		0.087 (0.297)		0.196 (0.297)
Not Belgian		0.559 (0.416)		0.605 (0.424)
Weak neighborhood attachment		−1.736 (0.298)***	−1.775 (0.296)***	−1.717 (0.300)***	−1.716 (0.297)***
<5 years of residence		−0.013 (0.299)		0.100 (0.302)
Level 2
Deprived neighborhood				0.557 (0.424)
Percentage of elderly				−0.292 (0.158)
Turnover				−0.418 (0.195)*	−0.262 (0.154)
Physical disorder				−0.150 (0.197)
Random effects
Level 1
Constant	12.649 (0.672)***	11.975 (0.639)***	12.057 (0.642)***	11.975 (0.639)***	12.056 (0.642)***
Level 2
Constant	0.612 (0.291)*	0.329 (0.222)	0.367 (0.231)	0.130 (0.179)	0.300 (0.216)
Intraclass correlation	0.046	0.027	0.030	0.011	0.019
Log likelihood	4057,65	3969,854	4003,094	3960,668	4000,306
∆ Log likelihood (∆ df)		87,796	54,556	96,982	57,344
P		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

Note: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
Model 0: null model without level 1 and level 2 variables; Model 1a: model with only level 1 variables; Model 1b: parsimonious model with only level 1 variables; Model 2a: model with level 1 and level 2 variables; Model 2b: parsimonious model with level 1 and level 2 variables.

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