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Table 2 Mediation analysis between asset ownership and sexual risk taking behaviors

From: Does asset ownership influence sexual risk-taking behaviors among women engaged in sex work in Southern Uganda? A mediation analysis

Variable

B

β (95% CI)

p-value

Asset ownership on mediators

   

 Depression

 − 0.140

 − 0.096 (− 0.191– − 0.001)

0.050

 Access to health care

0.210

0.174 (0.072–0.275)

0.001

Mediators on sexual risk-taking behaviors

   

 Depression

3.521

0.035 (− 0.062–0.131)

0.478

 Access to health care

 − 13.140

 − 0.107 (− 0.210– − 0.004)

0.041

Specific indirect effects

   

 Depression

 − 0.494

 − 0.003 (− 0.013–0.007)

0.507

 Access to health care

 − 2.761

 − 0.019 (− 0.040– − 0.002)

0.05

Effects

   

 Direct effect

13.756

0.093 (0.003–0.183)

0.044

 Total indirect effect

 − 3.255

 − 0.022 (− 0.044– − 0.001)

0.046

 Total effect

10.501

0.071 (− 0.018–0.160)

0.117

 Effect mediated

 

31.0%

 

Model fitness

   

 Chi-Square

 

χ2 (239) = 672.06, p < 0.001

 

 RMSEA

 

0.058

 

 CF1

 

0.934

 

 TLI

 

0.924

 

 SRMR

 

0.049

 
  1. Text in bold shows statistically significant associations