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Table 5 Heterogeneity analysis (grouping by gender)

From: The impact of active social media use on the mental health of older adults

Dependent variable

Matching method

Male sample

Female sample

ATT

SE

ATT

SE

Negative emotion

Nearest matching

-0.520**

0.513

-0.977***

0.355

Radius matching

-0.582***

0.388

-0.632***

0.257

Kernel matching

-0.695***

0.380

-0.751***

0.253

Positive emotion

Nearest matching

0.178**

0.180

0.556***

0.148

Radius matching

0.397***

0.133

0.432***

0.107

Kernel matching

0.416***

0.132

0.448***

0.106

Self-rated health

Nearest matching

0.069***

0.079

0.142***

0.069

Radius matching

0.060***

0.063

0.097*

0.052

Kernel matching

0.088***

0.062

0.111***

0.051

Health satisfaction

Nearest matching

0.030**

0.075

0.079*

0.055

Radius matching

0.015**

0.056

0.031*

0.042

Kernel matching

0.002**

0.055

0.044*

0.041

  1. Note: ATT refers to the difference in the mean mental health between the treated group and the control group; SE is the standard error; *, **, and *** indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively
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BMC Psychology

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