TABLE 3.17 REGRESSIONS FOR ACTIVITY SERIES -- AFRICAN AMERICAN SAMPLE

We asked our respondents if they had participated in each of 10 "activities that relate to the past. . .during the last 12 months." The table below reports the OLS (ordinary least squares) Coefficients for regressions of participation in each of the 10 activities listed under the table. These regressions are a statistical method for measuring the extent to which one or more variables (e.g., demographic characteristics like age or gender) affect another variable (e.g., participation in past related activities). The standard errors for the coefficients are in parentheses.
 

Independent variables in the model	Dependent variables -- activity series
	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5	A6	A7	A8	A9	A10
Age (Actual)	(-).003* (.00)	(-).008** (.00)	.001 (.00)	(-).004 (.00)	(-).003 (.00)	(-).001 (.00)	.001 (.00)	.001 (.00)	(-).007** (.00)	(-).002 (.00)
Gender (0=Women, 1=Male)	(-).095* (.04)	(-).108* (.05)	.104 (.05)	(-).107 (.06)	.036 (.06)	.033 (.06)	.098 (.06)	(-).018 (.06)	(-).077 (.05)	(-).028 (.05)
Education (0 to 20 years completed)	.008 (.01)	.021* (.01)	.028* (.01)	.005 (.01)	.034* (.01)	.028* (.01)	.015 (.01)	.036* (.01)	.016 (.01)	.015 (.01)
Income (6 categories)	.035* (.01)	.057* (.02)	.018 (.02)	.054* (.02)	.064* (.02)	.010 (.02)	(-).005 (.02)	(-).014 (.02)	(-).017 (.02)	.003 (.02)
R-square (Adjusted)	.057	.133	.044	.033	.102	.017	.003	.027	.068	.002
Constant	.844	.641	.253	.597	-.047	.078	.042	-.108	.403	.090

*p < .05 **p < .001
 

A1 = Looked at photographs with family/friends
A2 = Taken any photos/videos to preserve memories
A3 = Watched any movies/TV programs about the past
A4 = Attended family or other reunion
A5 = Visited any history museums/historic sites
A6 = Read any books about the past
A7 = Participated in hobbies/collections
A8 = Looked into family history/tree
A9 = Written in journal/diary
A10 = Participated in history-related group