Table 2d.
SEM model parameters estimates assessing the longitudinal structural relationships of volunteering on Cognitive Functioning -- Effect of sociodemographic variables and mediator variables on cognitive functioning 2012 and 2016.
| Parameters | 2012 |
2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate (SE) | P | Estimate (SE) | P | |
| Intercept | 9.46 (0.51) | <0.001 | 10.41 (0.47) | <0.001 |
| Physical activity moderate 2008 | 0.08 (0.11) | 0.468 | ||
| Social activity 2008 | 0.11 (0.12) | 0.370 | ||
| Cognitive activity 2008 | 0.66 (0.10) | <0.001 | ||
| Physical activity moderate 2012 | 0.04 (0.09) | 0.648 | ||
| Social activity 2012 | −0.11 (0.11) | 0.309 | ||
| Cognitive activity 2012 | 0.60 (0.11) | <0.001 | ||
| Cognitive functioning 2008 | 0.47 (0.03) | <0.001 | ||
| Cognitive functioning 2012 | 0.50 (0.02) | <0.001 | ||
| Age (ref: 55–64) | ||||
| 65–74 | 0.60 (0.32) | 0.060 | −1.77 (0.24) | <0.001 |
| ≥75 | −0.81 (0.33) | 0.013 | −3.32 (0.27) | <0.001 |
| Sex (Ref: Female) | ||||
| Male | −0.13 (0.23) | 0.569 | −0.16 (0.20) | 0.420 |
| Educational attainment (ref: no degree) | ||||
| GED/High school | 1.83 (0.29) | <0.001 | 1.40 (0.34) | <0.001 |
| Some college/College degree | 2.14 (0.37) | <0.001 | 2.40 (0.41) | <0.001 |
| Master’s/Professional | 3.17 (0.44) | <0.001 | 2.70 (0.51) | <0.001 |
| Residual variance | 18.12 (0.70) | 17.30 (0.60) | ||
Note: GED = general educational development.