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Table 4 Summary of standardized direct and indirect effects of education on SBA use (n = 7451), Senegal DHS 2010–2011

From: Examining the mechanisms by which women’s status and empowerment affect skilled birth attendant use in Senegal: a structural equation modeling approach

  

Coefficient

t value

Total effect

 

0.099

2.989***

Direct effect

 

0.068

2.006*

Total indirect effect

 

0.031

4.582***

Indirect effect via:

Age at first marriage

0.002

1.003

 

Decision-making power

0.000

0.166

 

Attitudes towards violence

0.015

3.217***

 

Attitudes towards sex negotiation

0.013

2.242*

 

Age at first marriage then decision-making power

0.000

–0.161

 

Age at first marriage then attitudes towards violence

0.000

1.975*

 

Age at first marriage then attitudes towards sex negotiation

0.000

0.082

  1. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05