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Table 2 The relationships of urbanization rate and individual characteristics to CES-D scores; coefficient (standard error)

From: The relationship between urbanization and depression in China: the mediating role of neighborhood social capital

Variable

Model 1

Fixed effects

Coeff. (SE)

Urbanization rate

−0.736** (0.350)

Male (ref: female)

−1.245*** (0.153)

Age

0.040*** (0.005)

Marital status (ref. = single, divorced, or widowed)

 Married and living with a spouse

−1.056*** (0.179)

 Married and not living with a spouse

−0.719*** (0.264)

Education (ref: primary school or less)

 High school

−1.056*** (0.152)

 College or more

−1.028*** (0.252)

Employed (ref: unemployed)

−0.557** (0.265)

Local hukou (ref: non-local hukou)

−0.555** (0.265)

Urban areas (ref: rural areas)

−0.251(0.360)

Smoking status (ref: non-smoker)

0.100 (0.173)

Alcohol use (ref: no)

−0.059 (0.171)

Medical insurance (ref: none)

−0.854*** (0.203)

Physical health status (ref: no disease)

5.898*** (0.196)

Logarithm of physical exercise time

−0.118*** (0.026)

Logarithm of average annual household income per household member

−0.568*** (0.065)

Individual-level social capital

 Neighbors are extremely/very trustworthy (ref: neighbors are somewhat/slightly/not at all trustworthy)

−1.739*** (0.148)

 Neighbors always/often help one another (ref: neighbors sometimes/seldom/never help one another)

−0.269** (0.112)

 Number of voluntary group types

−1.139*** (0.131)

Logarithm of average annual neighborhood income per neighborhood resident

−0.961*** (0.329)

Constant

17.147*** (0.866)

Random effects

Coeff.

Var (Prefecture-level constant)

2.100***

Var (Neighborhood-level constant)

5.134***

Var (Residual)

70.300***

Number of prefectures

158

Number of neighborhoods

401

Number of respondents

20,861

Log-likelihood

−74,310

AIC

148,668

  1. * = p < 0.10, ** = p < 0.05, *** = p < 0.01. All continuous independent variables and covariates were grand-mean centered