SDA 4.1.6: Regression

General Social Survey 1972-2018 Cumulative Datafile

Mar 25, 2025 (Tue 03:01 PM PDT)

Variables
Role	Name	Label	Range	MD	Dataset
Dependent	DIVORCE	Ever been divorced or separated	1-2	0,8,9	1
Independent	PARTYID	Political party affiliation	0-7	-1,8,9	1
Independent	INCOME	Total family income	1-12	0,13-99	1
Independent	EDUC	Highest year of school completed	0-20	-1,97-99	1
Independent	GENDER	Gender	0-1		2
Independent	RACE	Race of respondent	1-3	0	1
Weight	COMPWT	Composite weight = WTSSALL * OVERSAMP * FORMWT	.1912-11.1196		1
Filter	YEAR(1972-2008)	GSS year for this respondent	1972-2018		1

	B	SE(B)	Beta	SE(Beta)	T-statistic	Probability
Regression Coefficients					Test That Each Coefficient = 0
PARTYID	.004	.001	.023	.006	3.851	.000
INCOME	-.010	.001	-.058	.007	-8.937	.000
EDUC	.008	.001	.065	.007	9.960	.000
GENDER	.005	.005	.006	.006	.962	.337
RACE	.020	.005	.024	.006	4.020	.000
Constant	1.755	.014			124.685	.000

Color coding:	<-2.0	<-1.0	<0.0	>0.0	>1.0	>2.0	T
Effect of each variable:	Negative			Positive

Multiple R = .073
R-Squared = .005
Adjusted R-Squared = .005
SE of Estimate (Root MSE) = .401

Global Tests for Groups of Variables
Group	Wald Chi-sq	df		Adjusted Wald F	P
Group	Wald Chi-sq	Numerator	Denominator	Adjusted Wald F	P
All independent variables	155.465	5	29158	31.089	.000

P = Probability that ALL B's in the group equal 0

Cells contain: -Upper limit -Lower limit	B	Beta
Confidence Intervals (95 percent)
Cells contain: -Upper limit -Lower limit	Regression Coefficients
PARTYID	.007 .002	.035 .011
INCOME	-.008 -.012	-.045 -.071
EDUC	.010 .007	.078 .052
GENDER	.014 -.005	.017 -.006
RACE	.030 .010	.036 .012
Constant (Intercept)	1.783 1.728

chart illustrating table

Allocation of cases (unweighted)
Valid cases	29,163
Cases excluded by filter or weight	11,771
Cases with invalid codes on variables in the analysis	23,880
Total cases	64,814

Missing data excluded: Listwise

Datasets
1	/html/D3/GSS18
2	/html/Npubvars/GSS18

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