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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Econ Behav Organ. 2015 Apr 29;116:107–126. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.012

Table 4.

Estimated indirect and direct effects of sexual identity on life satisfaction, UKHLS 2011–2012.

Mediating variable Sexual identity

Gay or lesbian Bisexual Other Prefer not to say
Log of equivalized household income −.001 −.010*** −.016*** −.013***
(.003) (.003) (.003) (.003)
Employed .001 −.005*** −.011*** −.009***
(.002) (.002) (.003) (.002)
Married/De facto −.034*** −.021*** −.008 −.017***
(.005) (.005) (.006) (.003)
Self-assessed health −.039*** −.083*** −.076*** −.060***
(.013) (.014) (.015) (.009)
Number of children −.001 −.000 .000 .000
(.003) (.000) (.001) (.001)
Number of friends .003 −.001 .004 −.001
(.002) (.002) (.004) (.002)
Completed a university degree .005*** .001 −.010*** −.005***
(.002) (.001) (.002) (.001)
Total indirect effect −.066*** −.119*** −.116*** −.105***
(.017) (.018) (.018) (.011)
Direct effect −.160*** −.286*** −.231*** −.053
(.049) (.057) (.069) (.035)
Combined effect (total indirect effect + direct effect) −.226*** −.405*** −.347*** −.158***
(.056) (.059) (.070) (.036)
***, ** and *

denote significance at the 1%, 5% and 10% levels respectively. Bootstrapped standard errors (200 repetitions) are in parentheses.