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Table 7 Mediating effect of health behavior on the impact of high deprivation at the municipality levela

From: How does area-level deprivation depress an individual’s self-rated health and life satisfaction? Evidence from a nationwide population-based survey in Japan

  

Self-rated healthb, c

Life satisfactionb, d

  

(SE)

 

(SE)

z-scoring method

Effect

−0.011*

(0.005)

−0.01*

(0.006)

 

% proportion

21.1*

(9.5)

24.8*

(12.5)

PCAe method

First and second components

Effect

−0.01*

(0.00)

−0.01*

(0.01)

 

% proportion

20.3*

(10.1)

17.6*

(8.7)

First component

Effect

−0.02*

(0.01)

−0.02***

(0.01)

 

% proportion

25.2*

(10.0)

33.1*

(13.8)

  1. N = 12,461 (in 366 municipalities)
  2. a Controlled for individual-level covariates (not reported)
  3. b Standardized
  4. c The higher, the better
  5. d The higher, the more satisfied
  6. e Principal component analysis
  7. *** p < 0.001, * p < 0.05
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