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Table 8 Mediating effect test based on KHB method

From: Evaluating the influence of financial investment in compulsory education on the health of Chinese adolescents: a novel approach

Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

 

Self-rated health

Illness frequency

Sick leave days

Depression

Total effect

0.017**

-0.011***

-0.207***

-0.191*

 

(0.008)

(0.004)

(0.065)

(0.098)

Direct effect

0.010

-0.009**

-0.214***

-0.091

 

(0.009)

(0.004)

(0.072)

(0.099)

Indirect effect

0.007**

-0.001

0.007

-0.101***

 

(0.003)

(0.001)

(0.018)

(0.032)

Proportion of indirect effects (%)

39.81

11.87

-3.13

52.63

Watch sports events

13.44

-15.00

22.66

10.70

School sports facilities

36.32

113.28

328.19

55.52

Parental education expectation

26.46

-18.17

-200.91

17.05

Learning good friends

23.78

19.90

-49.94

16.72

  1. Note: (1) Values in parentheses are cluster-robust standard errors, *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. (2) To save space, neither control variables nor constants are reported here. (3) The controlled variables are the same as those in Table 2