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Table 5 The logistic regression results of the mediating effect of mental health to the relationship between drug dependence and social capital by gender

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

Gender

Step and variable

B

S.E.

Wald

OR

p

Dependent

Female

Step 1

     

Drug dependence

 

Age

0.02

0.01

1.06

1.02

0.30

 
 

Social capital

−0.61

0.28

4.77

0.54

0.03

 
 

Constant

1.24

0.85

2.12

3.46

0.15

 
 

Step 2

     

Mental health problem history

 

Age

0.01

0.01

0.32

1.01

0.57

 
 

Social capital

−0.33

0.25

1.76

0.72

0.19

 
 

Constant

1.06

0.76

1.94

2.90

0.16

 
 

Step 3

     

Drug dependence

 

Age

0.01

0.02

0.82

1.01

0.37

 
 

Mental health problem history

1.13

0.29

15.52

3.08

< 0.001

 
 

Constant

−0.97

0.55

3.13

0.38

0.08

 
 

Step 4

     

Drug dependence

 

Age

0.02

0.02

1.13

1.02

0.29

 
 

Social capital

−0.59

0.29

4.24

0.55

0.04

 
 

Mental health problem history

1.07

0.29

13.60

2.91

< 0.001

 
 

Constant

0.49

0.90

0.30

1.63

0.59

 
  1. Note: Age is the control variable. B s were tested through the Wald χ2 statistic with d.f. = 1. The test results for the male group were omitted, as the results were not significant.