Table 3.

Indirect effect test of income on medication adherence via financial strain.

	Income
Predictor to financial strain (a path)	-.20***
Financial strain to medication adherence (b path)	-.39***
Total effect of predictor on medication adherence (c path)	.13***
Direct effect of predictor on medication adherence (c′ path)	.05
Partial effect of control variables on medication adherence
Age	.03***
Gender (1 = female)	.32*
Race/ethnicity (1 = non-White)	-.85***
Prior health‡ (1 = ≥1 hospitalizations)	.14
Education	-.21
Employment status(1 = employed)	.04
Indirect effect of predictor on medication adherence via financial strain (ab paths)	.078† (.051, .108)

Notes.

^‡dichotomized as 0 = no hospitalizations or 1 = at least one hospitalization in the past year.

^†point estimate (95% BCa bootstrap CI).

^*p< .05;

^***p< .001