Table 4 Mediation of the education-health behaviours relationships by the overall Stressors & Resources measure.
From: Stressors and resources mediate the association of socioeconomic position with health behaviours
Dependent variable | Association between education and mediator (a) | Association between mediator and health behaviour (b) | Direct association (c') | Indirect association (a*b) | 95% CI for a*b | Total association (c) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exercise | -0.05** | -108.33** | 6.53 | 5.29 | 3.75, 7.12 | 11.81** |
Vegetable consumption | -0.05** | -0.89** | 0.37** | 0.04 | 0.03, 0.06 | 0.41** |
Breakfast frequency | -0.07** | -2.06** | 0.27** | 0.14 | 0.11, 0.17 | 0.41** |
Smoking | -0.05** | 5.41** | -1.18** | -0.26 | -0.36, -0.19 | -1.45** |