Table 4.
Decomposition of mediation effects of four measures of adult socio-economic status in the OLS regression of depressive symptoms on childhood poverty for Mexican adults born before 1951 (n=8696)
| Decomposition of total effects of childhood poverty on depressive symptoms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| b | SE | ||
| Direct effectsa | 0.27 | ** | (0.06) |
| Indirect effects | 0.19 | *** | (0.03) |
| Total effects | 0.47 | *** | (0.06) |
| Components of indirect effectsb | |||
| b | SE | % indirect effects | |
| Education, y | 0.09 | (0.02) | 47.4 |
| Domestic or agricultural occupation | 0.03 | (0.01) | 15.8 |
| Net income, per month | 0.03 | (0.01) | 15.8 |
| Net assets, total | 0.04 | (0.01) | 21.0 |
Mexican Health and Aging Study, 2001
a
Decomposition effects estimated from a regression model including controls for socio-demographic and other health status indicators (see Model 4, Table 3), although education, income and net assets indicators are continuous