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Table 3 Path analysis standardised parameters - Cross sectional associations

From: Health differentials in the older population of England: An empirical comparison of the materialist, lifestyle and psychosocial hypotheses

   Wave 2 Outcomes Mediators
   Somatic Health Depression Well-being Material Psychosocial Lifestyle
Gender (Female) Direct -0.203 -0.013 0.089 -0.104 0.004 -0.048
Age Direct -0.368 -0.040 0.143 -0.251 0.024 -0.088
Marital status (Not Married) Direct -0.044 0.129 -0.188 -0.240 0.047 -0.060
Ethnicity (Non white) Direct -0.018 -0.053 0.005 -0.022 -0.029 -0.019
Retirement Direct -0.075 0.058 -0.003 -0.018 -0.079 -0.059
Cognitive ability Direct 0.029 -0.028 0.077 0.129 0.148 0.117
Material Direct 0.106 -0.050 0.062   0.198  
Psychosocial Direct 0.173 -0.393 0.530    
Lifestyle Direct 0.261 -0.124 0.034    
SEP Direct     0.418 0.085 0.301
  Indirect via Material 0.044 -0.021 0.026    
  Indirect via Psychosocial 0.015 -0.033 0.045    
  Indirect via Lifestyle 0.079 -0.037 0.010    
  Indirect via Material & Psychosocial 0.014 -0.033 0.044    
  Total 0.152 -0.124 0.125    
  1. *Highlighted parameters are significant
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BMC Public Health

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