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

Table 4 Path analysis standardised parameters - Prospective associations

		Wave 4 Outcomes
		*Somatic Health*	*Depression*	*Well-being*
Somatic Health 2002	Direct	0.489	-0.214	0.044
Depression 2002	Direct	-0.099	0.259	-0.098
Well -being 2002	Direct	0.098	-0.209	0.488
Gender (Female)	Direct	0.075	-0.032	-0.047
Age	Direct	-0.102	0.043	-0.033
Marital status (Married)	Direct	0.012	0.024	-0.030
Ethnicity (Non white)	Direct	0.005	-0.018	-0.021
Retirement	Direct	-0.019	0.008	-0.002
Cognitive ability	Direct	0.055	-0.028	-0.027
Material	Direct	0.067	-0.038	0.013
Psychosocial	Direct	0.100	-0.126	0.086
Lifestyle	Direct	0.101	-0.064	0.033
SEP	Direct
	Indirect via Material	0.027	-0.015	0.005
	Indirect via Psychosocial	0.008	-0.010	0.007
	Indirect via Lifestyle	0.029	-0.019	0.010
	Indirect via Material & Psychosocial	0.008	-0.010	0.007
	Indirect via all Wave 2 variables***	0.096	-0.088	0.077
	Total	0.168	-0.142	0.106

*Highlighted parameters are significant
**NA - Not Applicable
*** Outcomes (Somatic health 2002, Depression 2002, Wellbeing 2002) and mediators (material, lifestyle, psychosocial)

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