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Table 4 Linear regression of generic mental healtha explained by ethnicity, with work stress as potential mediator

From: Do unfavourable working conditions explain mental health inequalities between ethnic groups?: cross-sectional data of the HELIUS study

Works stress Models:

1: Ethnicity + age and gender

2: Ethnicity + work stress + age and gender

Attenuation %b

Mediation testc

95 % CI (bootstrap)

 

b

95 % CI

b

95 % CI

   

Dutch (reference)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

African Surinamese

−0.40

(−1.02 to 0.23)

−1.15

(−1.75 to −0.55)

188 %

0.81

(0.58 to 1.05)

South-Asian Surinamese

−2.33

(−2.98 to −1.66)

−2.47

(−3.09 to −1.84)

-

0.12

(−0.14 to 0.37)

Turkish

−4.25

(−4.93 to −3.58)

−4.37

(−5.00 to −3.73)

-

0.14

(−0.12 to 0.40)

Ghanaian

−1.35

(−2.10 to −0.60)

−2.90

(−3.61 to −2.18)

115 %

1.61

(1.33 to 1.91)

Moroccan

−2.81

(−3.58 to −2.04)

−3.41

(−4.14 to −2.67)

21 %

0.56

(0.26 to 0.86)

  1. aScores in generic mental health range from 11 to 70, higher scores reflect better generic health
  2. b% Change in B calculated as (Bethnicity+workcondition-Bethnicity)/(Bethnicity); only for models where the ethnic group showed a statistically significant higher risk of mental health problems and the mediation test for that ethnic group was statistically significant. Negative signs (−) are used for changes towards non-significance (zero B)
  3. cBold printed figures represent statistically significant mediation for that ethnic group