How does area-level deprivation depress an individual’s self-rated health and life satisfaction? Evidence from a nationwide population-based survey in Japan

Table 6 Mediating effects of health behavior and interactions with others on the impact of municipality-level deprivation (derived by the z-scoring method) on self-rated health^a

		Coef.	SE
Health behavior^b
Moderate deprivation	β₁₁	−0.04	(0.02)
High deprivation	β₁₂	−0.05^*	(0.02)
Interactions with others^b
Moderate deprivation	β₂₁	−0.03	(0.02)
High deprivation	β₂₂	−0.03	(0.02)
Self-rated health^{b, c}
Moderate deprivation	β₃₁	−0.04^*	(0.02)
High deprivation	β₃₂	−0.04	(0.02)
Health behavior	γ₁	0.21^***	(0.01)
Interactions with others	γ₂	0.09^***	(0.01)
Mediating effect on the impact of high deprivation on self-rated health
Health behavior	β₁₂γ₁	−0.011^*	(0.005)
% proportion: β₁₂γ₁/(β₃₂ + β₁₂γ₁ + β₂₂γ₂) × 100		21.1^*	(9.5)

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