Table 7.

Estimates of direct, indirect, and total effects of childhood and adulthood conditions on survival probability, based on the female sub-sample (N = 7,011 cases)

Dependent latent variable	Independent latent variables and control variables	Direct effect on health (A)	Indirect effect on health via adulthood SES (B)	Total effect on health (A + B)
Survival probability	Childhood conditions	c = −0.71**	a × b = 0.57 × 1.26 = 0.72***	0.01
	Adulthood SES	b = 1.26***	N.A.	1.26
	Age	e = −0.46***	d × b = −0.10 × 1.26 = −0.13***	−0.59
Adulthood SES		Effects on adulthood SES
	Childhood conditions	a = 0.57***
	Age	d = −0.10***

Note:

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01;

^***P < 0.001.

Goodness of model fit: Root mean square error of approximation= 0.066; goodness-of-fit index = 0.99; comparative-fit index = 0.87.