Table 5 Decomposition of the effect magnitude among healthcare professionals, environmental hygiene, maternal education, and under-five mortality from a 5000-bootstrap sample.

From: The relationship between healthcare professionals and under-five mortality: the mediating role of environmental hygiene and the moderating effect of maternal education

Paths

Descriptions

Effect sizes

(β)

Bootstrap

SE

Bootstrap

95% BCCI

p > |z|

\({\rm{c}}^{\prime}\)

X→Y (Direct)

−0.178

0.0919

[−0.3585, −0.0017]

0.052

\(a\times b\)

X→M Total Indirect

(Mediation)

0.005

0.0084

[−0.0115, 0.0216]

0.549

\((a)\times (bw)\)

Total Indirect

(moderation-mediation)

0.002

0.0059

[−0.0092, 0.0141]

0.679

Predicted conditioned maternal education \(a)\times ({bw})\)

At (mean -1SD)

 

0.178

0.0462

[0.0876, 0.2687]

At (mean)

 

0.070

0.0414

[−0.0106, 0.1517]

At (mean +1 SD)

 

−0.037

0.0754

[−0.1849, 0.1107]

  1. ***p < 0.001. BCCI bias-corrected confidence interval. SE Standard error. The path equations are derived from Fig. 3.
Back to article page