Table 2.
Multi-group Path Analyses: Direct and Indirect Effects by Asset Poverty Status
| Paths | Coefficients (95% C.I.) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Asset Povertya | Not Asset Povertyb | Asset Povertyc | ||||
| Direct effects | ||||||
| Income → caregiver psychological distress (1) | 0.047 | (-0.041, 0.135) | -0.118 | (-0.366, 0.130) | -0.390** | (-0.638, -0.142) |
| Caregiver psychological distress → internalizing behavior (2) | 0.144** | (0.053, 0.234) | 0.192*** | (0.111, 0.272) | 0.089*** | (0.031, 0.148) |
| Caregiver psychological distress → externalizing behavior (3) | 0.051 | (-0.044, 0.145) | 0.140** | (0.048, 0.231) | 0.140** | (0.062, 0.218) |
| Income → internalizing behavior | -0.005 | (-0.045, 0.035) | 0.023 | (-0.130, 0.177) | -0.044 | (-0.162, 0.074) |
| Income → externalizing behavior | 0.024 | (-0.031, 0.079) | -0.088 | (-0.281, 0.105) | 0.006 | (-0.135, 0.147) |
| Indirect effects | ||||||
| (1) x (2) | 0.007 | (-0.007, 0.020) | -0.023 | (-0.071, 0.026) | -0.035* | (-0.068, -0.001) |
| (1) x (3) | 0.002 | (-0.004, 0.009) | -0.016 | (-0.052, 0.019) | -0.055* | (-0.101, -0.008) |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
Model fitness indexes: Chi-square: p < 0.05; RMSEA: 0.000; CFI/TLI: 0.994/1.000; SRMR: 0.005
athe amount of savings alone is above the asset poverty threshold
bthe amount of savings alone is below the asset poverty threshold, but sum of savings and other assets is above the asset poverty threshold
cthe amount of savings and other assets is still below the asset poverty threshold