Table 4 Summary of direct and total indirect effects of gender and age on the number of working hours for GPs under the age of 60 (results are significant at 90% and 99% confidence level)
From: Age-related differences in working hours among male and female GPs: an SMS-based time use study
Effects on working hours: | Gender | Age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
β/corr. | % | β/corr.a | % | |||
Direct effect | − 0.199 | 74.8 | 0.097 | 33.8 | ||
Indirect effects | − 0.067 | 25.2 | 0.190 | 66.2 | ||
- via employment position | (0.053*–0.327) | − 0.017 | 6.5 | (− 0.448*− 0.327) | 0.146 | 50.8 |
- via age/gender | (− 0.204*0.097) | − 0.020 | 7.5 | (− 0.204*− 0.199) | 0.041 | 14.1 |
- via age/gender and employment position | (− 0.204*− 0.448*− 0.327) | − 0.030 | 11.2 | (− 0.204*0.053*− 0.327) | 0.004 | 1.2 |
Correlation coefficient | − 0.266 | 100.0 | 0.288 | 100.0 |