Table 6.
Linear regression of depressive symptomsa explained by ethnicity, with work stress as potential mediator
| Works stress Models: | 1: Ethnicity + age and gender | 2: Ethnicity + work stress + age and gender | Attenuation %b | Mediation testc | 95 % CI (bootstrap) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 95 % CI | b | 95 % CI | ||||
| Dutch (reference) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| African Surinamese | 0.01 | (−0.30 to 0.32) | 0.47 | (0.18 to 0.76) | - | −0.47 | (−0.61 to −0.34) |
| South-Asian Surinamese | 1.07 | (0.75 to 1.39) | 1.17 | (0.87 to 1.47) | - | −0.07 | (−0.21 to 0.08) |
| Turkish | 1.82 | (1.49 to 2.16) | 1.91 | (1.60 to 2.21) | - | −0.08 | (−0.22 to 0.08) |
| Ghanaian | −0.34 | (−0.71 to 0.03) | 0.50 | (0.15 to 0.84) | - | −0.90 | (−1.07 to −0.75) |
| Moroccan | 1.23 | (0.84 to 1.61) | 1.53 | (1.18 to 1.88) | 24 % | −0.30 | (−0.47 to −0.13) |
aDepressive symptoms scores range from 0 to 27, higher scores reflect more depressive symptoms
b% Change in B calculated as (Bethnicity+workcondition-Bethnicity)/(Bethnicity); only for models where the mediation test for that ethnic group showed a statistically significant higher risk of mental health problems and was statistically significant. Negative signs (−) are used for changes towards non-significance (zero B)
cBold printed figures represent statistically significant mediation for that ethnic group