Table 5.
Mediation Analysis: Perceived Age-Friendliness of Community as a Mediator Between Availability of Age-Friendly Features and AIP Intention (N = 4,737)
| Path A: Predicting perceived age-friendliness of community | Path B: Predicting AIP intention | Path A × Path B: Indirect effects | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% CI | 95% CI | 95% CI | ||||||||||||
| Variables | b (SE) | Lower | Upper | p | b (SE) | Lower | Upper | p | b (SE) | Lower | Upper | p | % of total effect mediated | Average degrees of freedom |
| Housing | 0.83 (0.05) | 0.74 | 0.92 | *** | 0.23 (0.02) | 0.19 | 0.27 | *** | 58.3 | 280,169.54 | ||||
| Perceived age-friendliness of community | 0.27 (0.02) | 0.34 | 0.31 | *** | ||||||||||
| Outdoor spaces and buildings | 0.90 (0.04) | 0.81 | 0.99 | *** | 0.23 (0.02) | 0.19 | 0.28 | *** | 54.4 | 322,263.24 | ||||
| Perceived age-friendliness of community | 0.27 (0.02) | 0.23 | 0.30 | *** | ||||||||||
| Transportation | 0.89 (0.05) | 0.79 | 0.98 | *** | 0.23 (0.02) | 0.19 | 0.28 | *** | 46.7 | 299,521.21 | ||||
| Perceived age-friendliness of community | 0.26 (0.02) | 0.23 | 0.30 | *** | ||||||||||
| Health and wellness | 0.70 (0.04) | 0.62 | 0.79 | *** | 0.19 (0.02) | 0.16 | 0.23 | *** | 83.4 | 394,551.94 | ||||
| Perceived age-friendliness of community | 0.28 (0.02) | 0.25 | 0.31 | *** | ||||||||||
| Social participation and inclusion | 0.69 (0.04) | 0.61 | 0.77 | *** | 0.19 (0.02) | 0.15 | 0.23 | *** | 97.6 | 428,720.01 | ||||
| Perceived age-friendliness of community | 0.29 (0.02) | 0.25 | 0.32 | *** | ||||||||||
| Volunteering and civic engagement | 0.52 (0.04) | 0.44 | 0.60 | *** | 0.15 (0.02) | 0.11 | 0.18 | *** | 85.4 | 400,116.45 | ||||
| Perceived age-friendliness of community | 0.28 (0.02) | 0.25 | 0.32 | *** | ||||||||||
| Job opportunities | 0.40 (0.05) | 0.31 | 0.49 | *** | 0.11 (0.02) | 0.07 | 0.13 | *** | n/aa | 296,945.17 | ||||
| Perceived age-friendliness of community | 0.28 (0.02) | 0.25 | 0.32 | *** | ||||||||||
| Community information | 0.43 (0.05) | 0.33 | 0.53 | *** | 0.12 (0.02) | 0.08 | 0.15 | *** | 58.2 | 316,177.50 | ||||
| Perceived age-friendliness of community | 0.28 (0.02) | 0.25 | 0.32 | *** | ||||||||||
Notes: AIP = aging in place. Due to multicollinearity issues, separate models were estimated for each domain. Each analysis model includes sociodemographic controls (age, gender, marital status, race/ethnicity, education, self-reported health, social interaction, and the length of time spent in the current community).
aNot applicable; the total effect was not significant.
***p < .001.