o identify the unique predictors of resilience when compared
with all other participants, we examined the same variables used in
the preceding analysis in a hierarchical multivariate logistic re-
gression. ORs and 95% CIs for each level of each variable for each
model in the analysis are presented in Table 3.
Demographic variables. With demographic variables entered
together on the first step of the analysis, significant effects were
observed for gender, age, and race/ethnicity. These variables also
remained significant when other variables were added to the mod-
els. In addition, education, which was not initially significant
(Model 1), entered as a significant predictor of resilience when
resources (Model 3) and life stressors (Model 4) were added. In the
final model, women were less than half as likely (OR 0.43) to
be resilient as men; people 65 years of age or older were more than
3 times more likely (OR 3.11) to be resilient as were people
between 18 and 24 years of age; Asians were close to 3 times as
likely (OR 2.78) to be resilient as Whites; and, somewhat