Skip to main content

Table 5 Linear regression of depressive symptomsa explained by ethnicity, with recovery opportunities as potential mediator

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

Recovery opportunities Models:

1: Ethnicity + age and gender

2: Ethnicity + recovery opportunities + age and gender

Attenuation %b

Mediation testc

95 % CI (bootstrap)

 

b

95 % CI

b

95 % CI

   

Dutch (reference)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

African Surinamese

0.01

(−0.30 to 0.32)

−0.22

(−0.53 to 0.09)

-

0.22

(0.17 to 0.28)

South-Asian Surinamese

1.07

(0.75 to 1.39)

0.92

(0.60 to 1.25)

−14 %

0.17

(0.11 to 0.23)

Turkish

1.82

(1.49 to 2.16)

1.49

(1.16 to 1.83)

−18 %

0.34

(0.26 to 0.42)

Ghanaian

−0.34

(−0.71 to 0.03)

−0.75

(−1.12 to −0.37)

-

0.40

(0.31 to 0.49)

Moroccan

1.23

(0.84 to 1.61)

0.96

(0.58 to 1.34)

−22 %

0.24

(0.17 to 0.32)

  1. aDepressive symptoms scores range from 0 to 27, higher scores reflect more depressive symptoms
  2. b% Change in B calculated as (Bethnicity+workcondition-Bethnicity)/(Bethnicity); only for models where the mediation test for that ethnic group showed a statistically significant higher risk of mental health problems and 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
Back to article page

BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

Contact us