Table 2.
Multilevel mediation analysis: association between social capital and school absence through depression
| Step 0 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School absence | School absence | Depression | Depression | School absence | |
| β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | ||
| Student-level | |||||
| Sex | –0.03 (0.01)** | 0.03 (0.01)* | –0.04 (0.01)** | ||
| Grade | –0.04 (0.01)*** | 0.02 (0.02) | –0.05 (0.02)** | ||
| School social capital | –0.05 (0.01)*** | –0.48 (0.01)*** | –0.48 (0.01)*** | –0.00 (0.02) | |
| Perceived safety | –0.02 (0.01) | –0.13 (0.01)*** | –0.13 (0.01)*** | –0.01 (0.01) | |
| Neighborhood social capital | –0.02 (0.01) | –0.04 (0.01)*** | –0.04 (0.01)*** | –0.02 (0.01) | |
| School-level | |||||
| School social capital | 0.24 (0.22) | –0.53 (0.18)*** | –0.57(0.20)** | 0.08 (0.28) | |
| Perceived safety | –0.68 (0.17)** | –0.19 (0.22) | –0.17 (0.21) | –0.70 (0.17)** | |
| Neighborhood social capital | 0.19 (0.23) | –0.35 (0.20) | –0.31 (0.21) | 0.06 (0.27) | |
| Student-level mediator | |||||
| Depression in the 1-1-1 model | 0.11 (0.01)*** | ||||
| Depression in the 2-1-1 model | –0.31 (0.30) | ||||
| Model Information criteria | |||||
| R2 at individual-level | 0.01*** | 0.31*** | 0.30*** | 0.02*** | |
| R2 at school-level | 0.65*** | 0.54*** | 0.55*** | 0.69*** | |
| Deviance (DIC) | 16867.75 | 60729.75 | 58068.16 | 57947.65 |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001