. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 19.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Psychol. 2014 Mar 24;21(2):183–192. doi: 10.1177/1359105314524970

Table 1.

Direct and indirect effects of race- and fertility-specific distress and other variables among infertile women (n = 2363).

Direct effects	Difference between Black and White women			Difference between Hispanic and White women			Difference between Asian and White women			Effect on fertility-specific distress
	B	SE	OR/β	B	SE	OR/β	B	SE	OR/β	B	SE	OR/β

Primary infertility	−.35	.07	.71^***	−.14	.07	.87^*	.45	.18	1.58^*	−.02	.05	−.02
Infertile with intent	−.29	.06	.75^***	.04	.07	1.04	.09	.18	1.09	.67	.05	.75^***
Economic hardship	.34	.04	1.40^***	.18	.04	1.20^***	−.17	.13	.85	.06	.03	.05
FSD	−.03	.06	−.01	−.13	.07	−.05	−.11	.17	−.02
R²										.54

Direct, indirect, and total effects	Black			Hispanic			Asian
	Standard coefficient			Standard coefficient			Standard coefficient

Indirect through
Primary infertility	.00			.00			.00
Infertile with intent	−.09^***			.01			.01
Economic hardship	.01			.01			.00
Direct effects	−.01			−.05			−.02
Total indirect effects	−.08^***			.02			.01
Total effects	−.09**			−.04			−.01

SE: standard error; OR: odds ratio; FSD: female sexual dysfunction.

OR computed for categorical and β computed for continuous dependent variables.

p< .05

^***

p<.001.