Perceptions of neighborhood social environment and drug dependence among incarcerated women and men: a cross-sectional analysis

Table 3 The logistic regression results of the mediating effect of mental health problem history to the relationship between drug dependence and social capital

Step and variable	B	*S.E.*	*Wald*	OR	p	Dependent
Step 1						Drug dependence
Age	0.02	0.01	2.95	1.02	0.09
Gender	−0.41	0.19	4.73	0.66	0.03
Social capital	−0.43	0.20	4.51	0.65	0.03
Constant	1.16	0.65	3.22	3.20	0.07
Step 2						Mental health problem history
Age	0.01	0.01	0.11	1.00	0.74
Gender	−1.08	0.17	38.75	0.34	< 0.001
Social capital	−0.41	0.19	4.85	0.66	0.03
Constant	2.50	0.59	18.22	12.23	< 0.001
Step 3						Drug dependence
Age	0.02	0.01	3.27	1.02	0.07
Gender	−0.24	0.20	1.51	0.78	0.22
Mental health problem history	0.90	0.20	20.51	2.47	< 0.001
Constant	−0.71	0.47	2.29	0.49	0.13
Step 4						Drug dependence
Age	0.02	0.01	3.79	1.02	0.05
Gender	−0.24	0.20	1.40	0.79	0.24
Social capital	−0.38	0.21	3.32	0.68	0.07
Mental health problem history	0.85	0.20	17.95	2.34	< 0.001
Constant	0.22	0.69	0.10	1.24	0.75

Note: Age and gender are control variables. B s were tested through the Wald χ² statistic with d.f. = 1.

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