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Table 5 Structural equation models for yearly AMI and BKC rates between 2002 and 2009. Parameter estimates and p-values

From: The intersection of health and wealth: association between personal bankruptcy and myocardial infarction rates in Canada

Parameters and fit indexes

AMIā€‰<ā€‰=ā€‰>ā€‰BKC

AMIā€‰<ā€‰=ā€‰>ā€‰BKC

AMI

BKC

AMI

BKC

Regression coefficients

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒAutoregression 2002ā€“2007 (Ī²)

.88 (<.01)

.96 (<.01)

.88 (<.01)

.91 (<.01)

ā€ƒAutoregression 2008 (Ī²)

ā”€×“ā”€

ā”€×“ā”€

.87 (<.01)

1.05 (<.01)

ā€ƒAutoregression 2009 (Ī²)

ā”€×“ā”€

ā”€×“ā”€

.96 (<.01)

1.08 (<.01)

ā€ƒCross-lag 2002ā€“2007 (Ī³)

.013 (<.01)

.08 (<.01)

.015 (.01)

.05 (.01)

ā€ƒCross-lag 2008 (Ī³)

ā”€×“ā”€

ā”€×“ā”€

.015 (.50)

.24 (<.01)

ā€ƒCross-lag 2009 (Ī³)

ā”€×“ā”€

ā”€×“ā”€

.002 (.89)

.30 (<.01)

ā€ƒEducation (Ī±e)

āˆ’.43 (<.01)

āˆ’.55 (<.01)

āˆ’.43 (<.01)

āˆ’.55 (<.01)

ā€ƒMaterial wealth (Ī±w)

āˆ’.09 (<.01)

āˆ’.75 (<.01)

āˆ’.09 (<.01)

āˆ’.75 (<.01)

ā€ƒWorking-age population (Ī±a)

āˆ’.54 (<.01)

āˆ’.06 (.07)

āˆ’.57 (<.01)

āˆ’.15 (<.01)

Variances

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ2002 factors (Ļƒ2 1)

.48

1.16

.48

1.31

ā€ƒDisturbance 2003ā€“2007 (Ļƒ2 d)

.08

.32

.06

.29

ā€ƒDisturbance 2008 (Ļƒ2 d)

ā”€×“ā”€

ā”€×“ā”€

.15

.39

ā€ƒDisturbance 2009 (Ļƒ2 d)

ā”€×“ā”€

ā”€×“ā”€

.03

.82

ā€ƒMeasurement error 2002 (Ļƒ2 e1)

.41

.46

.42

.41

ā€ƒMeasurement errors 2003ā€“2009 (Ļƒ2 e)

.40

.68

.40

.62

Covariances

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒ2002 factors (Ļmb1)

.26 (<.01)

.28 (<.01)

ā€ƒDisturbances 2003ā€“2007 (Ļmb)

āˆ’.005 (.42)

āˆ’.005 (.46)

ā€ƒDisturbances 2008 (Ļmb)

ā”€×“ā”€

āˆ’.02 (.36)

ā€ƒDisturbances 2009 (Ļmb)

ā”€×“ā”€

āˆ’.07 (.03)

Goodness of fit

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒParameters

26

40

ā€ƒDegrees of freedom

164

150

ā€ƒChi-square

1061.3

800.7

ā€ƒRMSEA

.073

.061

ā€ƒCFI

.945

.96

ā€ƒAIC

1113.3

880.7

Fit changes

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒĪ”Ī§2/Ī”df

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