Table 3.

Path model: standardised direct and indirect effects of age, poverty, family conflict, total conflict-related trauma events, IPV leading to depressive symptoms and functional impairment, at baseline and follow-up

Candidate predictor variables	Depressive symptoms at baseline		Depressive symptoms at follow-up		Functional impairment at follow-up
	Coefficient (β)	P values	Coefficient (β)	P values	Coefficient (β)	P values
Direct significant effects*
Baseline survey
Age at baseline	−0.06	p=0.016
Poverty index at baseline	0.10	p<0.001
Total traumatic event counts at baseline	0.23	p<0.001	0.07	p=0.006	(0.08)	p<0.001
IPV at baseline	0.26	p<0.001
Depressive symptoms at baseline (total score)	0.20	p<0.001	0.06	p=0.023
Follow-up survey
Poverty index			0.14	p<0.001	0.07	p=0.009
IPV			0.14	p<0.001	(0.05)	p<0.001
Maternal ill health during pregnancy			(0.03)	p<0.001	0.14	p<0.001
Child ill health			0.08	p=0.001	(0.03)	p=0.002
Depressive symptoms at follow-up (total score)			NA		0.35	p<0.001
Model summary	Values
χ2 test of model fit	23.92; df=24; p=0.466
RMSEA (90% CI of RMSEA)	0.000 (0.000–0.022)
CFI	1.00
TLI	1.00
SRMR	0.014

All the variables included in the analyses are based on observed data. Only significant estimates are included in the table.

*Indirect significant effects are presented inside bracket in italics.

CFI, Comparative Fit Index; IPV, intimate partner violence; NA, not applicable; RMSEA, Root mean square error of approximation; SRMR, standardised root mean square residual; TLI, Tucker–Lewis Index.