The effect of childhood socioeconomic status on depressive symptoms in middle-old age: the mediating role of life satisfaction

Table 4 The results of the mediation analysis

Step	Dependent Variables	Independence (Mediating) Factor	B	S.E.	t	P
1	Depressive symptom (Y)	Childhood SES (X)	−0.422	0.079	−5.353	< 0.001
2	Life satisfaction (M)	Childhood SES (X)	0.051	0.011	4.400	< 0.001
3	Depressive symptom (Y)	Childhood SES (X)	−0.401	0.079	−5.102	< 0.001
3	Depressive symptom (Y)	Life satisfaction (M)	−0.403	0.052	−7.693	< 0.001

Note: gender, age, residence, educational background, marital status, social interaction support; childhood parental quarrels, childhood parental violence, childhood famine; ADL, sleep at night, alcohol consumption were covariates

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