Table 2 SEM Results for the Structural Model (Fig. 3).

From: Structural equation modeling reveals decoupling of ecological and self-perceived outcomes in a garden box social-ecological system

Latent variable

Independent variable

Estimate

S.E

p value

Self-perceived Outcomes ON

Actors

Starting year

0.338

0.167

0.043

Worries

 − 1.848

0.413

0.000

Group size

0.235

0.126

0.063

Damage

0.833

0.484

0.085

Others number

0.042

0.062

0.502

Social capital

0.351

0.114

0.002

Evolutionary theory

Stability

 − 0.543

0.376

0.149

Relatedness

0.699

0.451

0.121

Group meetings

0.283

0.116

0.014

Governance

Involvement

0.364

0.544

0.504

Rules

0.093

0.425

0.827

Resource

Box number

0.040

0.105

0.705

Effort

0.017

0.353

0.961

Shade

0.751

0.314

0.017

Privacy

0.206

0.347

0.551

Ecological Outcomes ON

Actors

Starting year

0.395

0.172

0.022

Worries

0.155

0.361

0.667

Group size

 − 0.061

0.054

0.260

Damage

0.951

0.561

0.090

Others number

0.040

0.073

0.587

Social capital

0.182

0.134

0.174

Evolutionary theory

Stability

0.478

0.422

0.256

Relatedness

 − 0.074

0.311

0.812

Group meetings

0.071

0.137

0.607

Governance

Involvement

0.086

0.680

0.899

Rules

 − 0.222

0.491

0.651

Resource

Box number

 − 0.042

0.086

0.626

Effort

 − 0.199

0.346

0.566

Shade

 − 0.326

0.299

0.277

Privacy

 − 0.071

0.304

0.814

  1. This table presents the unstandardized estimates for the regression coefficients, their standard error and p value for all the independent variables predicting each latent outcome variable in the urban gardening system. The significant values (p < 0.05) are in bold. They signify a meaningful predicting power of the independent variable on the latent variable when including all the other variables and the covariances between the independent variables in the model.