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Table 4 The effects of urbanization rate and individual characteristics on CES-D score mediated by neighborhood social capital; coefficient (standard error)

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

Variable

Model 5(a)

Model 5(b)

Fixed effects

Coeff. (SE)

Coeff. (SE)

Urbanization rate

−1.690** (0.810)

−1.547** (0.751)

Male (ref: female)

− 1.240*** (0.153)

− 1.239*** (0.153)

Age

0.040*** (0.005)

0.040*** (0.005)

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

 Married and living with a spouse

−1.0539*** (0.179)

−1.053*** (0.179)

 Married and not living with a spouse

− 0.724*** (0.264)

−0.725*** (0.264)

Education (ref: primary school or less)

 High school

−1.074*** (0.153)

−1.077*** (0.152)

 College or more

−1.045*** (0.251)

−1.046*** (0.252)

Employed (ref: unemployed)

−0.553** (0.265)

−0.551** (0.265)

Local hukou (ref: non-local hukou)

−0.309 (0.248)

−0.319(0.248)

Urban areas (ref: rural areas)

−0.950(0.758)

−1.074(0.762)

Smoking status (ref: non-smoker)

0.093 (0.173)

0.093 (0.173)

Alcohol use (ref: none)

−0.057 (0.171)

−0.059 (0.17)

Medical insurance (ref: no)

−0.850*** (0.203)

−0.848*** (0.203)

Physical health status (ref: no disease)

5.886*** (0.196)

5.885*** (0.196)

Logarithm of physical exercise time

−0.120*** (0.026)

−0.120*** (0.026)

Logarithm of average annual household income per household member

−0.575*** (0.065)

−0.576*** (0.065)

Individual-level social capital

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

−1.699*** (0.149)

−1.699*** (0.149)

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

−0.251*** (0.124)

−0.251*** (0.124)

 Number of types of voluntary groups

−1.095*** (0.133)

−1.095*** (0.133)

Logarithm of average annual neighborhood income per neighborhood resident

−1.056** (0.3251)

−0.990** (0.326)

Neighborhood-level social capital

 Neighborhood social trust

−3.503** (1.473)

−3.952*** (1.535)

 Neighborhood social reciprocity

−0.861** (0.357)

−0.719** (0.350)

 Neighborhood social group membership

−0.504** (0.244)

−0.690** (0.299)

Cross-level interaction terms

 Neighborhood-level social trust × urbanization rate

 

−7.582 (7.582)

 Neighborhood-level social reciprocity × urbanization rate

 

−1.415** (0.700)

 Neighborhood-level social group membership × urbanization rate

 

−2.707** (1.350)

Constant

21.310*** (1.503)

21.637*** (1.541)

Random effects

Coeff.

Coeff.

Var (prefecture-level constant)

2.269***

2.434***

Var (neighborhood-level constant)

4.782***

4.651***

Var (residual)

70.298***

70.297***

Number of prefectures

158

158

Number of neighborhoods

401

401

Number of respondents

20,861

20,861

Log-likelihood

−74,303

−74,302

AIC

148,660

148,664

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