Table 3.

Standardized coefficients for cross-lagged effects between income and psychological distress among working-age adults: Models by age & gender.

	18-25 (n = 501)		26-55 (n = 1960)		56–64 (n = 642)		Men (n = 1246)		Women (n = 1857)
	Cross-lagged coefficients [95% CI]	p-value	Cross-lagged coefficients [95% CI]	p-value	Cross-lagged coefficients [95% CI]	p-value	Cross-lagged coefficients [95% CI]	p-value	Cross-lagged coefficients [95% CI]	p-value
Psychological distress (t)
<- Last-year earnings (t)	-.019 [-.082, .032]	.595	-.096 [-.137, -.057] ***	.000	-.060 [-.110, .006] †	.099	-.98 [-.151, -.028] **	.007	-.060 [-.094, -.025] **	.005
<- Earnings reported a year prior (t – 1)	-.003 [-.058, .058]	.936	-.027 [-.069, .015]	.286	.020 [-.042, .077]	.578	-.025 [-.083, .038]	.500	.003 [-.042, .040]	.918
Earnings reported a year later (t + 1)
<- Psychological distress at t	-.009 [-.090, .067]	.850	-.028 [-.052, -.005] *	.049	-.047 [-.090, -.005] **	.007	-.055 [-.040, .003] †	.057	-.027 [-.048, -.006] *	.040
Model fit statistics
RMSEA	.029		.001		.015		.000		.013
TLI	.952		1.00		.996		1.00		.996
CFI	.972		1.00		.997		1.000		.998
Psychological distress (t)
<- Past-year family income (t)	-.059 [-.098, .009] †	.079	-.020 [-.047, .006]	.219	-.034 [-.074.004]	.148	-.031 [-.069, .004]	.165	-.034 [-.056, -.010] *	.018
<- Family income reported a year prior (t – 1)	-.069 [-.115, .004] †	.052	.011 [-.034, .014]	.476	.011 [-.026, .048]	.645	-.017 [-.053, .017]	.432	-.016 [-.039, .010]	.304
Family income reported a year later (t + 1)
<- Psychological distress at t	-.039 [-.103,.081]	.478	-.020 [-.055, .011]	.326	-.021 [-.095, .040]	.627	.007 [-.045, .050]	.814	-.050 [-.087, -.009] *	.038
Model fit statistics
RMSEA	.023		.019		.029		.014		.024
TLI	.957		.986		.981		.991		.977
CFI	.975		.992		.989		.995		.987

†p≤.1 *p≤.05; **p≤.01; ***p≤.001.