Effects of social network diversity in the disablement process: a comparison of causal inference methods and an outcome-wide approach to the Indonesian Family Life Surveys, 2007–2015

Schröders, Julia; Dewi, Fatwa Sari Tetra; Nilsson, Maria; Nichter, Mark; Sebastian, Miguel San

doi:10.1186/s12939-020-01238-9

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 4 Results from regression adjustment (RA), propensity score matching (PSM), and instrumental variable analysis models (IV) for effects of baseline SNI on various subsequent adult health outcomes for the total sample and stratified by sex/gender

From: Effects of social network diversity in the disablement process: a comparison of causal inference methods and an outcome-wide approach to the Indonesian Family Life Surveys, 2007–2015

Health outcomes	Total sample (n = 3060)						Women (n = 1583, 52%)						Men (n = 1477, 48%)
	RA		PSM		IV		RA		PSM		IV		RA		PSM		IV
	Coef	p	ATT	p	LATE	p	Coef	p	ATT	p	LATE	p	Coef	p	ATT	p	LATE	p
NCD morbidity	0.12	0.411	0.029	0.480	−0.146	0.499	0.26	0.126	0.029	0.052	−0.672	0.447	−0.04	0.633	0.004	0.904	−0.013	0.950
Asthma	0.19	0.410	0.008	0.383	0.070	0.502	0.69	0.018	0.023	0.002	−0.118	0.729	− 0.34	0.196	− 0.007	0.171	0.146	0.196
Other lung diseases	0.83	0.002	0.020	0.001	0.089	0.315	1.07	0.009	0.020	0.000	− 0.019	0.940	0.63	0.103	0.013	0.064	0.111	0.262
Cancer, malignant tumours	−0.93	0.050	− 0.004	0.082	− 0.084	0.123	− 0.95	0.142	− 0.006	0.179	− 0.165	0.424	−0.87	0.213	−0.006	0.234	−0.062	0.224
Diabetes	−0.04	0.296	0.004	0.370	0.078	0.590	0.04	0.517	0.006	0.882	0.389	0.478	−0.13	0.357	0.010	0.985	−0.039	0.792
Cardiovascular diseases	0.34	0.048	0.018	0.134	−0.114	0.362	0.27	0.177	0.014	0.104	−0.165	0.669	0.43	0.128	0.016	0.224	−0.103	0.427
Stroke	0.05	0.844	−0.001	0.862	−0.019	0.829	−0.09	0.859	−0.001	0.805	−0.538	0.309	0.12	0.774	−0.009	0.605	0.129	0.223
HbA1c levels	−0.10	0.988	0.041	0.837	0.842	0.829	0.18	0.970	0.060	0.732	−1.202	0.492	0.04	0.972	−0.030	0.770	0.052	0.927
Hypertension	0.03	0.155	0.004	0.115	0.466	0.138	−0.08	0.594	−0.025	0.914	0.981	0.408	0.12	0.232	0.026	0.201	0.301	0.331
CRP levels	−0.21	0.063	−0.131	0.002	1.908	0.746	−0.09	0.247	−0.152	0.011	−1.249	0.480	−0.32	0.192	−0.065	0.214	0.088	0.351
Grip strengths	0.19	0.364	0.330	0.068	−2.959	0.370	0.07	0.806	−0.260	0.890	−6.162	0.524	0.38	0.246	0.464	0.326	−2.099	0.578
Arthritis/rheumatism	−0.02	0.808	−0.009	0.695	−0.359	0.113	−0.05	0.717	0.003	0.739	−1.061	0.350	0.07	0.910	0.008	0.627	−0.177	0.343
Sensory impairments	−0.09	0.576	−0.005	0.660	0.107	0.563	−0.12	0.531	−0.023	0.271	0.564	0.455	−0.04	0.990	−0.010	0.740	0.014	0.938
Upper-body functional limitations	0.17	0.014	0.041	0.011	−0.431	0.157	0.24	0.004	0.074	0.016	−1.261	0.380	0.18	0.199	0.032	0.364	−0.208	0.427
Lower-body functional limitations	0.12	0.166	0.047	0.133	−0.195	0.492	0.27	0.016	0.073	0.004	−0.450	0.643	−0.07	0.487	0.004	0.854	−0.163	0.551
Episodic memory	0.09	0.062	0.112	0.206	5.144	0.002	0.06	0.283	0.043	0.523	6.404	0.051	0.12	0.130	0.070	0.207	4.175	0.020
Visuospatial abilities	−0.04	0.967	−0.035	0.855	6.199	0.003	−0.12	0.266	−0.080	0.465	4.983	0.028	0.08	0.208	0.063	0.193	7.728	0.058
ADL limitations	0.19	0.000	0.187	0.000	−0.532	0.501	0.26	0.000	0.220	0.000	−5.053	0.334	0.10	0.112	0.177	0.011	0.842	0.270
IADL limitations	0.56	0.000	0.500	0.003	−4.283	0.096	0.66	0.000	0.473	0.000	−13.602	0.327	0.39	0.050	0.492	0.033	−1.812	0.432

Note: Coef Regression coefficients, ATT Average treatment effects, LATE Local average treatment effects, p p-value (significant results are printed in bold)

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