TABLE 7.

Table of results of Sobel’s mediating effect test.

Variables	Intermediary effect regression results				Intermediary effect regression results
	Life satisfaction(3)(9)				Future confidence level(6)(12)
	Regression coefficient	Estimated standard error	T-value	P-value	Regression coefficient	Estimated standard error	T-value	P-value
Participation behavior	0.0578	0.0099	5.83	0.000	0.0681	0.0095	7.14	0.000
Age	0.0077	0.0004	19.74	0.000	–0.0055	0.0004	–14.6	0.000
Gender	–0.1474	0.0097	–15.23	0.000	–0.0114	0.0093	–1.23	0.220
Political appearance	0.0146	0.0278	0.52	0.601	0.0575	0.0268	2.15	0.032
Marital status	0.0773	0.0137	5.64	0.000	0.1492	0.0132	11.32	0.000
Self-assessed income	0.2944	0.0046	63.82	0.000	0.2084	0.0044	46.94	0.000
Region	–0.0133	0.0057	–2.33	0.020	–0.0263	0.0055	–4.80	0.000
Constant term	2.3303	0.0266	87.49	0.000	3.3102	0.0256	129.2	0.000
Sample size		43,700				43,700
R 2		0.1318				0.1067
F-value		828.82				652.41
Self-assessment of health status(1–6)	0.0599	0.0165	36.32	0.000	0.6290	0.0159	39.64	0.000
Sobel Z value		–5.717				–5.706
Intermediary effect		–0.1683				–0.1500
Intermediary effect as a percentage (%)		–20.24%				–17.65%
Participation behavior	0.0330	0.0098	3.36	0.001	0.0451	0.0095	4.73	0.000
Age	0.0008	0.0004	2.15	0.032	–0.0122	0.0004	–33.7	0.000
Gender	–0.0832	0.0095	–8.73	0.000	0.0511	0.0093	5.53	0.000
Political appearance	–0.0303	0.0276	–1.10	0.272	0.0215	0.0268	0.80	0.422
Marital status	0.0797	0.0136	5.88	0.000	0.1521	0.0132	11.55	0.000
Self-assessed income	0.1989	0.0052	38.32	0.000	0.1323	0.0050	26.28	0.000
Region	–0.0387	0.0057	–6.85	0.020	–0.0450	0.0055	–9.11	0.000
Constant term	2.5130	0.0242	104.05	0.000	3.5542	0.0234	151.6	0.000
Sample size		43,700				43,700
R 2		0.1482				0.1085
F-value		950.45				664.62
Self-assessment of social status(7–12)	0.2416	0.0052	46.79	0.000	0.2043	0.0050	40.77	0.000
Sobel Z value		6.781				6.758
Intermediary effect		0.4564				0.2822
Intermediary effect as a percentage(%)		31.34%				22.01%