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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Networks. 2019 May 1;58:156–167. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2019.03.002

Table 2.

Bayesian SEM Estimates of Relationships between Education, Network Mechanisms, and H1N1 Vaccination Decision

Est. [95% HDI] (SD) P-Value (Pseudo)R2
Model 1: Hypothesis 1
education → vaccination .48 [.09, .92] (.21) .01* .09 [.02, .17]
Model 2: Hypothesis 2
education → vaccination .39 [.02, .89] (.25) .02 * .17 [.07, .29]
proportion of college-educated H1N1 discussants → vaccination 1.04 [.24, 1.63] (.34) .00 *
education → proportion of college-educated H1N1 discussants .11 [.00, .21] (.06) .02 * .11 [.05, .17]
education → proportion of college-educated H1N1 discussants → vaccination (indirect) .10 [.00, .27] (.07) .02 *
Model 3: Hypothesis 3
education → vaccination .23 [−.27, .80] (.29) .20 .45 [.29, .57]
proportion of college-educated H1N1 supporters → vaccination 2.27 [1.60, 2.83] (.31) .00 *
education → proportion of college-educated H1N1 supporters .16 [.02, .27] (.06) .01 * .09 [.04, .18]
education → proportion of college-educated H1N1 supporters → vaccination (indirect) .35 [.03, .66] (.15) .01 *

NOTES: N = (maximum) 223. Table entries are probit estimates from Bayesian structural equation models specifying default priors in Mplus 7.4. “Est.” is the effect estimate, or the median of the Bayesian posterior probability density. 95% highest posterior density interval (HDI) is in brackets. “SD” is the posterior standard deviation of the estimate. “P-Value” is the one-sided Bayesian posterior probability, given the data and default priors, that the true effect is equal to zero or in the opposite direction than that observed.

*

Asterisk indicates 95% credible interval does not contain zero.

Rows with one arrow represent direct effect estimates; rows with multiple arrows represent indirect effect estimates. Paths from control variables (number of weeks pregnant, race/ethnicity, advanced maternal age, and network size) to endogenous variables and covariance among exogenous covariates are also estimated but not presented here. Each Bayes model matched the data well, with posterior predictive p-values ranging from .32 to .58 (PPP > .05 indicates good fit).