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Table 5 Maximum likelihood estimates of the recursive structural model of the impact of women’s mental disorder dimensions on women’s empowerment dimensions

From: Applying the structural equation model approach to study the simultaneous relationship between women’s empowerment and mental disorder in Egypt

Endogenous latent variables

 

Exogenous variables

Estimate

Standard error

Critical ratio

Main direct determinants of mental health dimensions

Difficulty in thinking

<---

Education

-0.021***

0.006

-3.378

<---

Exposure to violence

0.043***

0.006

7.092

<---

Wealth index

-0.05*

0.022

-2.263

<---

Areas (rural-reference)

0.024***

0.007

3.676

<---

Exposure to sexual harassment

0.023***

0.006

3.614

<---

Woman circumcised

0.008

0.011

0.77

<---

Disability

0.079*

0.04

1.972

<---

Disease

0.059***

0.006

9.188

General fatigue

<---

Education

-0.02

0.01

-1.911

<---

Exposure to violence

0.041***

0.01

4.128

<---

Wealth index

-0.106**

0.036

-2.931

<---

Areas (rural-reference)

0.051***

0.011

4.678

<---

Exposure to sexual harassment

0.05***

0.011

4.783

<---

Woman circumcised

-0.008

0.018

-0.463

<---

Disability

0.137*

0.065

2.094

<---

Disease

0.098***

0.01

9.434

Frustrated

<---

Education

-0.012***

0.003

-3.411

<---

Exposure to violence

0.027***

0.004

7.595

<---

Wealth index

-0.004

0.012

-0.31

<---

Areas (rural-reference)

0.002

0.004

0.63

<---

Exposure to sexual harassment

0.008*

0.004

2.294

<---

Woman circumcised

0.003

0.006

0.516

<---

Disability

0.067**

0.022

3.02

<---

Disease

0.031***

0.004

8.327

Bad in sleep

<---

Education

-0.028*

0.011

-2.59

<---

Exposure to violence

0.048***

0.01

4.677

<---

Wealth index

-0.088*

0.038

-2.349

<---

Areas (rural-reference)

0.055***

0.011

4.881

<---

Exposure to sexual harassment

0.053***

0.011

4.886

<---

Woman circumcised

0.034

0.019

1.812

<---

Disability

0.139*

0.068

2.043

<---

Disease

0.146***

0.011

13.004

Physical complications

<---

Education

0.002

0.008

0.243

<---

Exposure to violence

0.057***

0.008

6.948

<---

Wealth index

-0.038

0.029

-1.286

<---

Areas (rural-reference)

0.048***

0.009

5.383

<---

Exposure to sexual harassment

0.019*

0.009

2.288

<---

Woman circumcised

0

0.015

0.009

<---

Disability

0.1

0.053

1.883

<---

Disease

0.077***

0.009

9.077

Factors affecting women’s empowerment dimensions with the occurrence of mental health mediating variables

Discussion with spouse

<---

Education

0.05***

0.011

4.441

<---

Exposure to violence

-0.016

0.011

-1.439

<---

Wealth index

0.154***

0.039

3.904

<---

Areas (rural-reference)

0.023*

0.012

1.984

<---

Exposure to sexual harassment

0.097***

0.012

8.218

<---

Woman circumcised

-0.042*

0.019

-2.152

<---

Disability

-0.056

0.071

-0.784

<---

Disease

0.02

0.012

1.664

Relationship with spouse

<---

Education

0.025***

0.007

3.625

<---

Exposure to violence

0.004

0.007

0.638

<---

Wealth index

0.032

0.024

1.342

<---

Areas (rural-reference)

0.02**

0.007

2.761

<---

Exposure to sexual harassment

0.01

0.007

1.395

<---

Woman circumcised

0.003

0.012

0.29

<---

Disability

-0.039

0.043

-0.916

<---

Disease

0.025***

0.007

3.407

Treatment by spouse

<---

Education

0.091***

0.018

5.025

<---

Exposure to violence

-0.012

0.018

-0.677

<---

Wealth index

0.003

0.063

0.054

<---

Areas (rural-reference)

-0.121***

0.019

-6.297

<---

Exposure to sexual harassment

-0.02

0.018

-1.099

<---

Woman circumcised

0.063*

0.031

2.001

<---

Disability

-0.06

0.115

-0.523

<---

Disease

0.028

0.019

1.47

Impact of women’s mental disorder dimensions on women’s empowerment dimensions

Endogenous latent variables

 

Endogenous latent variable

Estimate

Standard error

Critical ratio

Discussion with spouse

<---

Physical complications

-0.092

0.061

-1.492

<---

Bad in sleep

0.104*

0.041

2.518

<---

Frustrated

-0.49***

0.144

-3.406

<---

General fatigue

-0.123*

0.057

-2.148

<---

Difficulty in thinking

0.247*

0.11

2.239

Relationship with spouse

<---

Physical complications

-0.048

0.037

-1.297

<---

Bad in sleep

0.035

0.025

1.385

<---

Frustrated

-0.323***

0.088

-3.677

<---

General fatigue

-0.1**

0.035

-2.867

<---

Difficulty in thinking

0.061

0.066

0.912

Treatment by spouse

<---

Physical complications

-0.035

0.099

-0.358

<---

Bad in sleep

-0.215**

0.067

-3.203

<---

Frustrated

-0.617**

0.228

-2.703

<---

General fatigue

-0.097

0.092

-1.06

<---

Difficulty in thinking

0.039

0.176

0.222

  1. Source: Calculated by authors using “Survey of Young People in Egypt” (SYPE) 2014
  2. Note that *01 < p < .05, **0.001 < p < .01, and ***p < .001. Two- tailed tests