The dark side of the association between internet use and older adults’ subjective wellbeing: the role of subjective social class

Table 4 Testing for the moderating roles of subjective social class

Variables	Model 4 (Subjective wellbeing)
Variables	β	SE	t
Age	0.012	0.004	2.611^**
Male (ref: female)	0.059	0.058	1.032
At work (ref: no)	–0.008	0.068	–0.123
Educated (ref: no)	0.198	0.071	2.778^**
Monthly income	0.001	0.001	1.431
Have a spouse (ref: no)	–0.063	0.082	–0.773
Living alone (ref: no)	0.115	0.086	1.344
Number of children	–0.026	0.019	–1.291
Times of hospitalization	–0.044	0.019	–2.281^*
Functional health	0.014	0.005	2.947^**
Internet use	0.212	0.067	3.159^**
Hope	0.393	0.028	14.078^***
Subjective social class	–0.128	0.031	–4.046^***
Internet use × Subjective social class	0.124	0.063	1.968^*
Hope × Subjective social class	–0.068	0.028	–2.461^**

Note. (1) *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; (2) The coefficients are standardized

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