Table 2c.
SEM model parameters estimates assessing the longitudinal structural relationships of volunteering on Cognitive Functioning -- Effects of sociodemographic variables and volunteering activities on mediator variables in 2012.
| Parameters | Physical Activity |
Social Activity |
Cognitive Activity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate (SE) | P | Estimate (SE) | P | Estimate (SE) | P | |
| Intercept | −0.56 (0.08) | <0.001 | −0.13 (0.07) | 0.073 | −0.18 (0.07) | 0.012 |
| Volunteer 2012 (ref: Non volunteering) | ||||||
| <100 h | 0.19 (0.05) | <0.001 | 0.10 (0.05) | 0.052 | 0.04 (0.04) | 0.328 |
| ≥100 h | 0.21 (0.05) | <0.001 | 0.12 (0.05) | 0.018 | 0.13 (0.04) | <0.001 |
| Physical activity 2008 | 0.36 (0.02) | <0.001 | ||||
| Social activity 2008 | 0.52 (0.03) | <0.001 | ||||
| Cognitive activity 2008 | 0.67 (0.02) | <0.001 | ||||
| Age (ref: 55−64) | ||||||
| 65−74 | 0.00 (0.05) | 0.955 | −0.03 (0.04) | 0.546 | −0.02 (0.03) | 0.575 |
| ≥75 | −0.16 (0.06) | 0.012 | −0.12 (0.05) | 0.023 | −0.13 (0.04) | 0.001 |
| Sex (Ref: Female) | ||||||
| Male | 0.13 (0.03) | <0.001 | −0.01 (0.04) | 0.817 | −0.11 (0.04) | 0.004 |
| Educational attainment (ref: no degree) | ||||||
| GED/High school | 0.22 (0.07) | 0.001 | 0.06 (0.07) | 0.423 | 0.20 (0.07) | 0.003 |
| Some college/College degree | 0.36 (0.08) | <0.001 | 0.06 (0.09) | 0.462 | 0.32 (0.08) | <0.001 |
| Master’s/Professional | 0.50 (0.09) | <0.001 | 0.08 (0.09) | 0.353 | 0.39 (0.09) | <0.001 |
| Residual variance | 0.79 (0.03) | 0.79 (0.03) | 0.47 (0.02) | |||
Note: GED = general educational development.