Table 3.

Direct effects of regions in Europe on the four mediators—in-person and electronic contact frequency with children and with non-kin (N = 42246)

Regions in Europe	In-person contact with children				Electronic contact with children				In-person contact with non-kin				Electronic contact with non-kin
	B	95% CI		p value	B	95% CI		p value	B	95% CI		p value	B	95% CI		p value
Southern Europe	0.15	0.11	0.19	0.001	0.49	0.46	0.52	0.001	− 0.07	− 0.10	− 0.04	0.001	0.37	0.34	0.39	0.001
Eastern Europe	− 0.01	− 0.03	0.03	0.860	0.07	0.05	0.10	0.001	− 0.12	− 0.15	− 0.09	0.001	0.18	0.15	0.20	0.001
Northern Europe	− 0.15	− 0.19	− 0.12	0.001	− 0.14	− 0.18	− 0.11	0.001	0.06	0.02	0.10	0.001	− 0.01	− 0.05	0.02	0.386

Regions in Europe: Southern Europe (0 = Central-Western Europe, 1 = Southern Europe); Eastern Europe (0 = Central-Western, 1 = Eastern Europe); Northern Europe (0 = Central-Western, 1 = Northern Europe); The models controlled for the covariates