The effect of informal social support on the health of Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Estimated results of mechanism analysis based on Ordered Logit model

Variables	Channel 1: alleviating loneliness							Channel 2: improving emotional status
Variables	OLogit 1	OLogit 2		OLogit 3			OLogit 4	OLogit 5	OLogit 6		OLogit 7		OLogit 8
	(1)	(2)		(3)			(4)	(5)	(6)		(7)		(8)
ISS	-0.081^***							0.220^***
	(0.024)							(0.024)
SE			-0.071^***							0.159^***
			(0.020)							(0.020)
PSS					-0.051^**							0.181^***
					(0.022)							(0.023)
ES						-0.064^***								0.164^***
						(0.020)								(0.021)
Control variables	YES		YES		YES	YES		YES		YES		YES		YES
Multiple FE	YES		YES		YES	YES		YES		YES		YES		YES
Pseudo R²	0.083		0.083		0.083	0.083		0.132		0.131		0.131		0.131
Observations	7635		7635		7635	7635		7635		7635		7635		7635

FE, fixed effects. Cluster-robust standard errors in parentheses. Multiple FE indicated that we simultaneously control the provincial FE, regional FE, and community FE, as well as the income FE in the econometric model. ^*, ^**, and ^*** indicate statistically significant levels of 0.1, 0.05, and 0.01, respectively

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