Table 5.

Path Coefficients for the Mediation Models for Men (N = 2,000) and Women (N = 2,000)

	Women’s Model					Men’s Model
	b	β	p	95% CI		b	β	p	95% CI
Regressions
housework→ survival	226.63	0.11	< 0.001	[137.03, 316.23]		236.46	0.18	< 0.001	[188.28, 284.65]
housework → cognitive	-0.03	− 0.01	0.688	[-0.16, 0.11]		0.06	0.04	0.033	[0, 0.12]
housework → physical	0.58	0.05	0.046	[0.01, 1.15]		0.55	0.07	0.001	[0.21, 0.88]
housework → mental	0.48	0.04	0.065	[-0.03, 0.98]		0.30	0.04	0.050	[0, 0.6]
cognitive → survival	223.44	0.37	< 0.001	[194.86, 252.02]		129.72	0.13	< 0.001	[93.67, 165.76]
physical → survival	16.58	0.10	< 0.001	[9.75, 23.4]		34.00	0.19	< 0.001	[27.9, 40.11]
mental → survival	24.88	0.14	< 0.001	[17.39, 32.36]		5.21	0.03	0.137	[-1.65, 12.08]
(Regressions on covariates)
age → survival	-17.11	− 0.07	0.008	[-29.68, -4.53]		-123.20	− 0.46	< 0.001	[-132.99, -113.42]
education → survival	15.15	0.02	0.562	[-36.06, 66.35]		50.30	0.06	0.001	[20.33, 80.26]
marital → survival	485.99	0.17	< 0.001	[337.5, 634.47]		581.47	0.14	< 0.001	[409.1, 753.84]
living status → survival	290.71	0.08	0.001	[124.07, 457.36]		85.29	0.02	0.443	[-132.55, 303.13]
social status → survival	53.71	0.08	< 0.001	[23.7, 83.71]		-20.29	− 0.03	0.115	[-45.54, 4.96]
age → cognitive	-0.09	− 0.21	< 0.001	[-0.11, -0.07]		-0.06	− 0.22	< 0.001	[-0.07, -0.05]
education → cognitive	0.57	0.34	< 0.001	[0.5, 0.64]		0.24	0.30	< 0.001	[0.2, 0.27]
marital → cognitive	0.35	0.08	0.002	[0.13, 0.58]		-0.05	− 0.01	0.650	[-0.26, 0.16]
living status → cognitive	-0.10	− 0.02	0.467	[-0.36, 0.17]		0.17	0.03	0.198	[-0.09, 0.44]
social status → cognitive	-0.16	− 0.14	< 0.001	[-0.21, -0.12]		-0.02	− 0.03	0.223	[-0.05, 0.01]
age → physical	-0.07	− 0.04	0.092	[-0.15, 0.01]		-0.10	− 0.07	0.004	[-0.17, -0.03]
education → physical	0.42	0.07	0.004	[0.14, 0.7]		0.09	0.02	0.402	[-0.11, 0.29]
marital → physical	-0.56	− 0.03	0.243	[-1.51, 0.38]		-0.20	− 0.01	0.754	[-1.46, 1.06]
living status → physical	-0.78	− 0.04	0.170	[-1.89, 0.33]		0.90	0.03	0.261	[-0.67, 2.48]
social status → physical	0.25	0.06	0.009	[0.06, 0.44]		0.55	0.14	< 0.001	[0.38, 0.73]
age → mental	0.10	0.07	0.004	[0.03, 0.17]		0.07	0.06	0.016	[0.01, 0.14]
education → mental	0.17	0.03	0.176	[-0.08, 0.43]		0.28	0.07	0.002	[0.1, 0.46]
marital → mental	0.17	0.01	0.687	[-0.67, 1.02]		0.22	0.01	0.708	[-0.91, 1.34]
living status → mental	0.92	0.05	0.070	[-0.07, 1.9]		0.93	0.04	0.197	[-0.48, 2.35]
social status → mental	0.33	0.09	< 0.001	[0.16, 0.49]		0.24	0.07	0.003	[0.08, 0.4]
Indirect effects
housework → cognitive→ survival	-6.19	-	0.688	[-19.22, 49.70]		7.96	-	0.041	[0.31, 15.60]
housework → physical → survival	9.58	-	0.066	[-0.63, 19.79]		18.62	-	0.002	[6.75, 30.49]
housework → mental → survival	11.85	-	0.076	[-1.25, 24.94]		1.56	-	0.236	[-1.02, 4.15]
overall indirect effect	15.24	-	0.386	[-19.22, 49.70]		28.14	-	< 0.001	[13.84, 42.45]
Total effect (housework → survival)	241.87	-	< 0.001	[146.17, 337.57]		264.61	-	< 0.001	[214.72, 314.49]

Notes. b: unstandardized path coefficient; β: standardized path coefficient; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval