Table 3.
Results from the path model. Path and correlation (for trust) coefficients, standard errors and p values for quality of life (WHOQOL-AGE) regressed on social determinants across gender and age groups and p values for the difference in path coefficients between genders
| 50–64 | 65–79 | 80+ | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | p2 | Male | Female | p2 | Male | Female | p2 | |||||||
| B (SE) | p1 | B (SE) | p1 | B (SE) | p1 | B (SE) | p1 | B (SE) | p1 | B (SE) | p1 | ||||
| Courage Social Networks Index (CSNI) | 0.140 (0.026) | <0.001 | 0.124 (0.021) | <0.001 | 0.6467 | 0.083 (0.028) | 0.003 | 0.116 (0.024) | <0.001 | 0.3661 | 0.142 (0.060) | 0.019 | 0.003 (0.040) | 0.938 | 0.0469 |
| Social Support (Oslo 3 Support Scale) | 0.194 (0.027) | <0.001 | 0.117 (0.021) | <0.001 | 0.0145 | 0.281 (0.028) | <0.001 | 0.161 (0.025) | <0.001 | 0.0028 | 0.179 (0.056) | 0.001 | 0.254 (0.040) | <0.001 | 0.3532 |
| Social participation | 0.160 (0.022) | <0.001 | 0.135 (0.018) | <0.001 | 0.6397 | 0.185 (0.036) | <0.001 | 0.256 (0.024) | <0.001 | 0.0163 | 0.378 (0.060) | <0.001 | 0.273 (0.043) | <0.001 | 0.3765 |
| Trust | 0.171 (0.024) | <0.001 | 0.185 (0.021) | <0.001 | 0.9158 | 0.082 (0.029) | 0.004 | 0.136 (0.026) | <0.001 | 0.1093 | 0.100 (0.053) | 0.059 | 0.099 (0.039) | 0.011 | 0.9691 |
| Loneliness (UCLA Loneliness Scale) | −0.203 (0.026) | <0.001 | −0.178 (0.021) | <0.001 | 0.1619 | −0.142 (0.030) | <0.001 | −0.152 (0.025) | <0.001 | 0.098 | −0.237 (0.068) | <0.001 | −0.165 (0.043) | <0.001 | 0.521 |
| Model fit indexes | |||||||||||||||
| RMSEA (95% CI) | 0.062 (0.057; 0.066) | 0.054 (0.049; 0.060) | 0.051 (0.041; 0.062) | ||||||||||||
| CFI | 0.919 | 0.941 | 0.944 | ||||||||||||
B—standardized path coefficient, SE—standard error for standardized path coefficient, p1—p value for significance of the path coefficients, p2—p value for gender differences in path coefficients