Stressors and resources mediate the association of socioeconomic position with health behaviours

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Mediation by stressors and resources of the education-health behaviours relationships.

Dependent variable *Mediating variables*	Association between education and mediator (a)	Association between mediator and health behaviour (b)	Direct association (c')	Indirect association (**ab***)	95% CI for **ab***	Total association (c)
Exercise			4.90			11.81**
Financial stress	-0.12**	-17.65*		2.20	0.73, 3.77
Perceived health status	-0.08**	-44.27**		3.36	2.05, 4.95
Psychological distress	-0.04**	6.08		-0.23	-1.17, 0.62
Perceived control	0.06**	11.00		0.61	-0.55, 1.85
Social support	0.06**	16.26⁺		1.00	0.19, 1.94
Social cohesion	0.05**	-0.38		-0.02	-0.74, 0.67
Vegetable consumption			0.36**			0.41**
Financial stress	-0.12**	0.04		-0.01	-0.03, 0.01
Perceived health status	-0.08**	-0.36**		0.03	0.01, 0.05
Psychological distress	-0.04**	0.18		-0.01	-0.02, 0.00
Perceived control	0.06**	0.33⁺		0.02	0.00, 0.04
Social support	0.06**	0.15		0.01	0.00, 0.02
Social cohesion	0.05**	0.23*		0.01	0.00, 0.02
Breakfast frequency			0.26**			0.41**
Financial stress	-0.16**	-0.46**		0.08	0.05, 0.11
Perceived health status	-0.11**	-0.30*		0.03	0.01, 0.06
Psychological distress	-0.06**	0.07		0.00	-0.03, 0.02
Perceived control	0.08**	-0.29⁺		-0.02	-0.05, 0.00
Social support	0.09**	0.68**		0.06	0.04, 0.08
Social cohesion	0.05**	0.17		0.01	0.00, 0.02
Smoking			-1.14**			-1.45**
Financial stress	-0.12**	1.74**		-0.22	-0.32, -0.14
Perceived health status	-0.08**	1.06*		-0.08	-0.14, -0.03
Psychological distress	-0.04**	0.52		-0.02	-0.07, 0.03
Perceived control	0.06**	1.33*		0.07	0.02, 0.14
Social support	0.06**	-0.89⁺		-0.05	-0.12, -0.01
Social cohesion	0.05**	-0.16		-0.01	-0.03, 0.02

^{+ p < .05; * p < .01; ** p < .001}
^{All analyses were controlled for age, gender, ethnicity, neighbourhood of residence, and chronic disease status.}

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