“…Outcome and explanatory variables: The BRFSS survey questions are specifically designed to facilitate public health research and surveillance for the purpose of health promotion and practice ( Rolle-Lake and Robbins, 2020 , Remington et al, 1988 ). This dataset has been employed in prior studies to interpret depressive disorder ( Miyakado-Steger and Seidel, 2019 , Mazurek et al, 2020 , Strine et al, 2008 ), falls ( Barbour et al, 2014 , Bergen et al, 2016 , Crews et al, 2016 , Grundstrom et al, 2012 ), and the status of living alone ( Escobar-Viera et al, 2014 , Kawachi et al, 1999 ) in the US. The explanatory and outcome variables for our study were similarly constructed using specific relevant questions in the 2018 BRFSS data.…”