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

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

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

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.

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