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Table 2 Coefficients from structural equation model

From: Male gender preference, female gender disadvantage as risk factors for psychological morbidity in Pakistani women of childbearing age - a life course perspective

Pathway

Married women only (n = 304)

All women (n = 525)

From

to

Standardised

Unstandardised

p-value

Standardised

Unstandardised

p-value

Gender disadvantage

Psychological morbidity

0.61

0.81 (0.30 to 1.32)

0.002

1.46

1.15 (0.67 to 1.63)

< 0.001

Socioeconomic status

Psychological morbidity

0.13

0.00 (0.00 to 0.00)

0.24

0.61

0.00 (0.00 to 0.00)

< 0.001

Negative marital satisfaction

Psychological morbidity

0.55

0.13 (0.09 to 0.17)

< 0.001

n/a

n/a

n/a

Autonomy

Psychological morbidity

0.08

0.01 (-0.01 to 0.03)

0.12

0.20

0.02 (0.01 to 0.04)

0.002

Life events

Psychological morbidity

0.14

0.02 (0.01 to 0.03)

0.003

0.20

0.02 (0.01 to 0.03)

< 0.001

Social support

Psychological morbidity

-

-

-

-0.15

-0.01 (-0.01 to 0.00)

< 0.001

Correlation between

Correlation

Covariance (95% CI)

p-value

Correlation

Covariance (95% CI)

p-value

Gender disadvantage

Socioeconomic status

-0.87

-18.7 (-10.8 to -26.7)

< 0.001

-0.86

-24.1 (-18.1 to -30.1)

P < 0.001