Table 3. Direct and indirect effects (5000 samples requested), adjusted for sex and baseline functional somatic symptoms, in the model for the full sample (n = 987).
The variables are socioeconomic conditions (SC), occupational class (OC), material adversity (MA), social adversity (SA) and functional somatic symptoms (FSS), at four points in time—respondents aged 16, 21, 30 and 42.
| Total effect a | B (S.E.) | CI | β (S.E.) | CI |
| SC16 → FSS42 | 0.425 (0.217) | 0.001, 0.850 | 0.063 (0.032) | 0.001, 0.125 |
| Direct effects b | Estimate | CI | ||
| SC16 → FSS42 | 0.179 (0.246) | -0.304, 0.662 | ||
| SC16 → OC21 | 0.773 (0.087) | 0.606, 0.939 | ||
| SC16 → MA21 | 0.113 (0.044) | 0.019, 0.206 | ||
| SC16 → SA21 | 0.070 (0.055) | -0.038, 0.178 | ||
| OC21 → OC30 | 0.804 (0.078) | 0.650, 0.957 | ||
| OC21 → MA30 | 0.250 (0.035) | 0.182, 0.319 | ||
| OC21 → SA30 | 0.188 (0.038) | 0.114, 0.263 | ||
| OC21 → FSS42 | -0.019 (0.212) | -0.434, 0.395 | ||
| MA21 → MA30 | 0.324 (0.050) | 0.225, 0.422 | ||
| MA21 → SA30 | 0.115 (0.054) | 0.010, 0.221 | ||
| SA21 → SA30 | 0.065 (0.037) | -0.008, 0.139 | ||
| OC30 → FSS42 | 0.178 (0.158) | -0.133, 0.489 | ||
| MA30 → FSS42 | 0.329 (0.141) | 0.053, 0.606 | ||
| SA30 → FSS42 | 0.460 (0.123) | 0.218, 0.701 | ||
| Total indirect effect a | B (S.E.) | CI | β (S.E.) | CI |
| SC16 → FSS42 | 0.246 (0.109) | 0.032, 0.461 | 0.036 (0.016) | 0.005, 0.068 |
| Specific indirect effect a | ||||
| SC16 → OC21 → OC30 → FSS42 | 0.110 (0.102) | -0.089, 0.310 | 0.016 (0.015) | -0.013, 0.046 |
| SC16 → OC21 → MA30 → FSS42 | 0.064 (0.030) | 0.004, 0.123 | 0.009 (0.004) | 0.001, 0.018 |
| SC16 → OC21 → SA30 → FSS42 | 0.067 (0.024) | 0.019, 0.114 | 0.010 (0.004) | 0.003, 0.017 |
| SC16 → MA21 → MA30 → FSS42 | 0.012 (0.008) | -0.004, 0.028 | 0.002 (0.001) | -0.001, 0.004 |
| SC16 → MA21 → SA30 → FSS42 | 0.006 (0.005) | -0.004, 0.016 | 0.001 (0.001) | -0.001, 0.002 |
| SC16 → SA21 → SA30 → FSS42 | 0.002 (0.003) | -0.003, 0.007 | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.000, 0.001 |
a Predictor estimates for the total, indirect, and specific indirect effects are unstandardized path coefficients (B) with bootstrapped standard errors (S.E.) and bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals (CI) and standardized path coefficients (β) with bootstrapped standard errors (S.E.) and bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals (CI).
b Predictor estimates for the direct effects are unstandardized path coefficients (S.E.) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).