The intersection of health and wealth: association between personal bankruptcy and myocardial infarction rates in Canada

Table 4 Structural equation models for yearly AMI and BKC rates between 2002 and 2007. Parameter estimates and p-values

Parameters and fit indexes	AMI < = > BKC		AMI = > BKC		BKC = > AMI		No γ
Parameters and fit indexes	AMI	BKC	AMI	BKC	AMI	BKC	AMI	BKC
Regression coefficients
Autoregression (β)	.89 (<.01)	.89 (<.01)	.91 (<.01)	.89 (<.01)	.89 (<.01)	.91 (<.01)	.91 (<.01)	.91 (<.01)
Cross-lag (γ)	.015 (.02)	.07 (<.01)	-	.07 (<.01)	.014 (.03)	-	-	-
Education (α_e)	−.43 (<.01)	−.56 (<.01)	−.43 (<.01)	−.57 (<.01)	−.43 (<.01)	−.56 (<.01)	−.43 (<.01)	−.57 (<.01)
Material wealth (α_w)	−.09 (<.01)	−.74 (<.01)	−.1 (<.01)	−.74 (<.01)	−.09 (<.01)	−.75 (<.01)	−.09 (<.01)	−.74 (<.01)
Working-age population (α_a)	−.57 (<.01)	−.14 (<.01)	−.57 (<.01)	−.13 (<.01)	−.58 (<.01)	−.14 (<.01)	−.58 (<.01)	−.13 (<.01)
Variances
2002 factors (σ² ₁)	.47	1.36	.46	1.36	.47	1.34	.46	1.36
Disturbance 2003–2007 (σ² _d)	.06	.36	.05	.36	.06	.35	.05	.35
Measurement error 2002 (σ² _e1)	.43	.37	.44	.38	.42	.39	.44	.39
Measurement errors 2003–2007 (σ² _e)	.41	.53	.41	.53	.41	.55	.41	.55
Covariances
2002 factors (ρ_mb1)	.29 (<.01)		.30 (<.01)		.30 (<.01)		.32 (<.01)
Disturbances 2003–2007 (ρ_mb)	−.008 (.31)		−.001 (.87)		.002 (.81)		.008 (.24)
Goodness of fit
Parameters	26		25		25		24
Degrees of freedom	94		95		95		96
Chi-square	479.3		484.7		489.6		494.6
RMSEA	.0596		.0596		.06		.06
CFI	.968		.967		.967		.967
AIC	531.3		534.7		539.6		542.6
Fit changes
ΔΧ²/Δdf	na		5.4/1		10.3/1		15.3/2
			na		4.9/0		9.9/1
			na		na		5/1

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