Table 4.
Result of bootstrapping mediation analysis in Model 1: Assessing social capital as a mediator in the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and life satisfaction
| Indirect Path | Indirect Effect | 95% BCCI (B) |
Ratio (*100) Specific Mediation Effect to Total Effecta (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | BootSE | Lower | Upper | ||
| SES → FSB → LS | 0.055 | 0.012 | 0.033 | 0.079 | 23.305 |
| SES → SSB → LS | 0.000 | 0.003 | − 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.000 |
| SES → FAS → LS | 0.033 | 0.009 | 0.017 | 0.053 | 13.983 |
| SES → FC → LS | 0.012 | 0.006 | 0.002 | 0.025 | 5.085 |
N = 1236, B Unstandardised coefficients, BootSE Bootstrapping standard error, BCCI Bias-corrected confidence intervals, a Ratio calculated as 100 × (indirect effect (B) / total effect), where the total effect is the sum of all mediation effects (i.e., the sum of indirect effects) and the direct effect [33]. About a total proportion of 42.38% was mediated by social capital. All the sociodemographic variables were controlled for in the model