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Table 2 Bivariate tests of covariates and mediator with discrimination index

From: Drivers of perceived discrimination among older adults in India: an intersectional analysis

  

Discrimination score

 
  

Mean(S.D)

Test

p-value

Effect size

Age

  

r = 0.006

> 0.001

 

Gender

Male

0.398 (0.009)

t= -0.684

> 0.001

0.01

 

Female

0.408 (0.009)

  

Residence

Rural

0.427 (0.008)

t = 4.947

< 0.001

0.06

 

Urban

0.357 (0.011)

  

Marital status

Not married

0.432 (0.011)

t = 3.216

< 0.01

0.04

 

Married

0.387 (0.008)

  

Religion

Non-Hindu

0.290 (0.011)

t= -11.316

< 0.001

0.12

 

Hindu

0.444 (0.008)

  

MPCE

Poorest

0.443(1.196)

F = 2.41

< 0.05

0.001

 

Poorer

0.386(1.139)

   
 

Middle

0.393(1.135)

   
 

Richer

0.400(1.181)

   
 

Richest

0.396(1.175)

   

Independent variable

    

Caste

Others

0.353 (0.011)

t = 4.922

< 0.001

0.06

 

SC/ST/OBC

0.424 (0.008)

  

Moderator

    

Education

No schooling

0.354(1.076)

F = 48.95

< 0.001

0.004

 

Completed primary

0.304(1.039)

   
 

Completed secondary

0.225(0.92)

   
 

Completed diploma/college

0.475(1.254)

   
  1. Note SC, ST, OBC stand for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Castes, respectively; MPCE stand from Monthly per capita expenditure
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