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Table 4 Single-mediator analyses of the effect of education and work characteristics on self-rated health in Denmark

From: Educational inequalities in health after work exit: the role of work characteristics

 

Low Education

   

Intermediate Education

 

a patha (SE)

b patha (SE)

ab (95% CI)

c’ patha (SE)

a patha (SE)

b patha (SE)

ab (95% CI)

c’ patha (SE)

Physical demands

Physical demands

T1

1.305 (.089)**

−.144 (.038)**

−.188(−.292;-

−.229 (.051)**

T1

1.049 (.074)**

−.144 (.038)**

−.151 (−.234;-.071)*

−.088 (.040)*

T2

  

.089)*

 

T2

    

T3

    

T3

    

Psychosocial demands

Psychosocial demands

T1

−.474 (.081)**

−.075 (.035)*

.036 (.003;.073)*

−.274 (.050)**

T1

−.252 (.064)**

−.075 (.035)*

.019 (.001;.041)*

−.121(.039)**

T2

    

T2

    

T3

    

T3

    

Variation in tasks

Variation in tasks

T1

−1.425 (.098)**

.114 (.046)*

−.162 (−.297;-.032)*

−.248(.051)**

T1

−.906 (.087)**

.114 (.046)*

−.103 (−.191;-.022)*

−.108(.039)**

T2

 

−.006(.056)

.009 (−.150;.165)

 

T2

 

−.006(.056)

.005 (−.093;.108)

 

T3

 

−.017(.092)

.024 (−.236; .282)

 

T3

 

−.017(.092)

.015 (−.147;.181)

 

Autonomy

Autonomy

T1

−.154 (.079)*

.083 (.034)*

−.013 (−.175;-.020)*

−.263(.050)**

T1

−.113 (.062)*

.083 (.034)*

−.009 (−.027;.002)

−.115(.039)**

T2

    

T2

    

T3

    

T3

    
  1. Notes: a path = effect of education on the mediators; b path = effect of the mediators on SRH; ab = indirect effect; c’ path = direct effect of education on SRH. If there is no significant interaction with time, coefficients are presented at T1 only
  2. * p ≤ .05; ** p ≤ .01
  3. a B adjusted for age at work exit, sex, year, number of working hours, and type of exit