Table 4.
Standardized Parameter Estimates from Multiple Indicator Multiple Cause (MIMIC) Structural Equation Model, “Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa” (HAALSI), South Africa, 2015
| Adverse childhood experience | Executive function | Language | Visuospatial ability | Memory | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | 95% CI | Estimate | 95% CI | Estimate | 95% CI | Estimate | 95% CI | |||||
| LL | UL | LL | UL | LL | UL | LL | UL | |||||
| Parent unemployed for 6+ months | −.015 | −.066 | .036 | −.004 | −.053 | .045 | −.003 | −.054 | .048 | −.024 | −.073 | .025 |
| Parents argued or fought often | .037 | −.024 | .098 | −.010 | −.069 | .049 | −.026 | −.087 | .035 | .002 | −.059 | .063 |
| Parent drank excessively, took drugs, or had mental health problems | −.002 | −.065 | .061 | −.028 | −.087 | .031 | −.012 | −.074 | .051 | −.067 | −.128 | −.010 |
| Physically abused by parent | .017 | −.034 | .068 | .018 | −.031 | .067 | −.007 | 0.058 | .044 | .019 | −.032 | .070 |
Note: All estimates adjusted for age, sex, country of birth, and father’s occupation during childhood. The MIMIC model was of good fit to the data, with RMSEA = .03 (95% CI: .027 – .034); CFI = .961; TLI = .952.