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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2018 Sep 17;77:130–147. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.09.002

Table 4.

Mediation Analysis of Child’s BPI by Migration Status (N = 4,338).

Internalizing BPI Externalizing BPI
PCG emotional distress PCG parenting practices PCG level of education PCG emotional distress PCG parenting practices PCG level of education
Indirect effect through each mediator 0.284*** (0.082) 0.101* (0.041) 0.015 (0.029) 0.379*** (0.115) 0.064 (0.045) −0.065 (0.050)
Proportion of total effect mediated by each mediator 0.496 0.175 0.026 0.448 0.075 −0.075
Migration status predicting each mediator (left behind by both parents vs. rural children with both parents) 1.247*** (0.343) −2.155*** (0.656) −1.328*** (0.327) 1.247*** (0.343) −2.155*** (0.656) −1.328*** (0.327)
Causal mediation sensitivity analysis (ρ) 0.39 −0.47 −0.15 0.43 −0.28 −0.11