Contribution of material, psychosocial and behavioural factors to the explanation of social inequalities in SRH (results of separate and joint analyses with direct and shared (indirect) effects, in %)
| Crude model* | Final model (joint analyses) | Material/structural (separate analyses) | Psychosocial (separate analyses) | Behavioural (separate analyses) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (SES indicator) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | Contribution (total) | OR (95% CI) | Total | Direct | Through other | OR (95% CI) | Contribution (total) | Direct | Through material | Through other | OR (95% CI) | Contribution (total) | Direct | Through material | |
| Aldabe et al (2010) | ♂ (occupation) | 1.89 (1.46 to 2.46) | 1.00 (0.67 to 1.49) | 100% | 1.21 (0.88 to 1.65) | 76% | 39% | 1.48 (1.09 to 2.00) | 46% | 9% | 34% | 3% | |||||
| ♀ (occupation) | 2.18 (1.71 to 2.77) | 1.26 (0.88 to 1.80) | 78% | 1.48 (1.11 to 1.97) | 59% | 38% | 1.66 (1.27 to 2.17) | 44% | 5% | 37% | 2% | ||||||
| Daoud et al (2009) | ♂♀ (education) | 3.86 (2.30 to 6.47) | 1.77 (0.98 to 3.19) | 54% | 2.20 (1.26 to 3.85) | 43% | 3.21 (1.86 to 5.52) | 17% | 1% | 16% | 3.44 (2.04 to 5.81) | 11% | 5% | 6% | |||
| Hiyoshi et al (2014) | ♂ (occupation) | 1.28 (1.04 to 1.59) | 1.21 (0.97 to 1.51) | 22% | 1.24 (1.00 to 1.53) | 15% | 1.32 (1.06 to 1.64) | −11%† | 1.22 (0.98 to 1.51) | 20% | |||||||
| ♂ (income) | 1.59 (1.32 to 1.91) | 1.45 (1.19 to 1.77) | 20% | 1.51 (1.25 to 1.83) | 11% | 1.56 (1.30 to 1.87) | 4 | 1.54 (1.27 to 1.86) | 7% | ||||||||
| ♀ (income) | 1.39 (1.18 to 1.62) | 1.20 (1.01 to 1.43) | 44% | 1.26 (1.07 to 1.48) | 30% | 1.31 (1.11 to 1.53) | 18% | 1.30 (1.11 to 1.53) | 19% | ||||||||
| Kestiliä et al (2009) | ♂♀ (education) | 4.69 (2.63 to 8.32) | 2.61 (1.17 to 5.83) | 56% | 3.80 (2.00 to 7.23) | 24% | 3.00 (1.60 to 5.61) | 46% | |||||||||
| Kurtze et al (2012) | ♂♀ (education) | 3.46 (2.84 to 4.21) | 2.43 (1.98 to 2.99) | 42% | 2.77 (2.26 to 3.39) | 14% | 2.51 (2.04 to 3.08) | 3% | 2.79 (2.28 to 3.41) | 15% | |||||||
| Laaksonen et al (2005) | ♂ (occupation) | 2.51 (1.82 to 3.45) | 1.87 (1.30 to 2.70) | 37% | 2.16 (1.55 to 3.01) | 20% | 13% | 7% | 2.08 (1.46 to 2.96) | 24% | 17% | ||||||
| ♀ (occupation) | 2.28 (1.83 to 2.85) | 1.54 (1.20 to 1.98) | 57% | 1.77 (1.39 to 2.26) | 38% | 27% | 11% | 1.85 (1.46 to 2.33) | 30% | 19% | |||||||
| Moor et al (2014) | ♂♀ (FAS) | 1.76 (1.69 to 1.84) | 1.36 (1.31 to 1.42) | 53% | 1.46 (1.40 to 1.52) | 39% | 31% | 8% | 1.59 (1.52 to 1.66) | 22% | 14% | ||||||
| Richter and Mielck (2000) | ♂♀ (index) | 2.55 (1.77 to 3.66) | 1.25 (0.78 to 2.00) | 84% | 1.56 (1.02 to 2.39) | 64% | 43% | 21% | 1.91 (1.27 to 2.86) | 41% | 20% | 21% | |||||
| Richter et al (2012) | ♂ (FAS) | 1.53 (1.10 to 2.12) | 1.11 (0.79 to 1.57) | 80% | 1.25 (0.89 to 1.75) | 53% | 30% | 23% | 1.33 (0.95 to 1.85) | 38% | 15% | 1.41 (1.01 to 1.96) | 23% | 12% | |||
| ♀ (FAS) | 2.08 (1.62 to 2.67) | 1.17 (0.88 to 1.55) | 84% | 1.70 (1.30 to 2.20) | 35% | 18% | 25% | 1.60 (1.23 to 2.08) | 44% | 27% | 1.60 (1.23 to 2.08) | 44% | 22% | ||||
| Saskolne and Manor (2010) | ♂♀ (education) | 4.38 (2.72 to 7.05) | 2.06 (1.22 to 3.49) | 54% | 3.33 (2.02 to 5.50) | 24% | 3.63 (2.23-5.91) | 23% | |||||||||
| Van Jaarsveld et al (2007) | ♂♀ (index) | 6.5 (5.20 to 8.10) | 3.4 (2.80 to 4.20) | 56% | 3.8 (3.10 to 4.80) | 49% | 11% | 38% | 4.0 (3.30 to 4.90) | 45% | 7% | ||||||
Results are provided for the lowest SES category.
*Adjusted only for confounder.
†Negative mediation: in this case, the OR increased when adjusting for psychosocial factors.
SES, socioeconomic status; SRH, self-rated health.