Table 7.
Mediating effects of frequency of social interactions and socioeconomic status.
| Variables | Ologit | Oprobit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | |
| Happiness (1) | Inter-mediate variables (2) | Happiness (3) | Happiness (4) | Inter-mediate variables (5) | Happiness (6) | |
| Internet use | 0.263*** (5.23) | 0.429*** (5.48) | 0.284*** (3.31) | 0.148*** (5.30) | 0.256*** (5.71) | 0.165*** (3.46) |
| Frequency of social interactions | 0.076*** (3.35) | 0.042*** (3.32) | ||||
| Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pseudo R2 | 0.015 | 0.034 | 0.017 | 0.015 | 0.035 | 0.017 |
| n | 12,703 | 4,419 | 4,416 | 12,703 | 4,419 | 4,416 |
| Internet use | 0.263*** (5.23) | 0.502*** (10.22) | 0.141*** (2.77) | 0.148*** (5.30) | 0.291*** (10.38) | 0.0821*** (2.89) |
| Socioeconomic status | 0.690*** (25.99) | 0.387*** (26.62) | ||||
| Control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pseudo R2 | 0.015 | 0.043 | 0.039 | 0.015 | 0.044 | 0.040 |
| n | 12,703 | 12,591 | 12,579 | 12,703 | 12,591 | 12,579 |
*, **, and *** indicate significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% confidence levels, respectively, and the values of the statistics are in parentheses.