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Table 6 Single-mediator analyses of the effect of education and work characteristics on self-rated health in Germany

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

.266 (.173)

−.266 (.061)**

−.071 (−.178;.020)

−.156 (.086)

T1

.151 (.131)

−.266 (.061)**

−.040 (−.163;.053)

−.105 (.060)

T2

    

T2

    

T3

    

T3

    

T4

    

T4

    

Psychosocial demands

Psychosocial demands

T1

−.618 (.210)**

−.261 (.078)**

.161 (.038;.331)*

−.189 (.088)**

T1

−.820 (.129)**

−.261 (.078)**

.214 (.083;.370)*

−.139 (.061)*

T2

 

−.128 (.085)

.079 (−.024;.218)

 

T2

 

−.128 (.085)

.105 (−.028;.253)

 

T3

 

−.150 (.084)

.092 (−.010;.238)

 

T3

 

−.150 (.084)

.123 (−.012;.273)

 

T4

 

.029 (.137)

−.018 (−.210;.160)

 

T4

 

.029 (.137)

−.024 (−.252;.204)

 
  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, region, number of working hours, and type of exit