Table 4.
Total, natural direct and natural indirect effect (NDE and NIE) of education on less than good self-rated health (N=15 028) with health behaviors and working conditions as mediators. [RR=relative risk; CI=confidence interval]]
| Low versus middle socioeconomic position | Low versus high socioeconomic position | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RR | 95% CI | Proportion mediated % | RR | 95% CI | Proportion mediated % | |
| Working conditions a | ||||||
| NIE | 1.08 | 1.03–1.13 | 51 | 1.14 | 1.04–1.24 | 38 |
| NDE | 1.08 | 0.99–1.17 | 1.30 | 1.15–1.44 | ||
| Health behaviors a | ||||||
| NIE | 1.04 | 0.99–1.08 | 25 | 1.05 | 0.99–1.12 | 16 |
| NDE | 1.13 | 1.03–1.22 | 1.40 | 1.27–1.54 | ||
| Health behaviors & working conditions a | ||||||
| NIE | 1.11 | 1.06–1.17 | 71 | 1.26 | 1.15–1.37 | 64 |
| DE | 1.05 | 0.96–1.14 | 1.17 | 1.04–1.31 | ||
| Total effect | 1.17 | 1.09–1.25 | 1.48 | 1.37–1.60 | ||
a
Adjusted for self-rated health at baseline, cohabitation, age, country, sex and wave