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Table 5 Path analysis of factors affecting social frailty (n = 295)

From: The relationship between social frailty and loneliness in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

Path

Estimate

Standardized Estimate

S.E

C.R

P

Education–- > Loneliness

-1.174

-0.125

0.546

-2.152

*

Age–- > Loneliness

1.546

0.102

0.850

1.818

0.069

Habitation–- > Loneliness

-4.580

-0.179

1.444

-3.171

**

Income–- > Loneliness

-1.254

-0.155

0.466

-2.690

**

Loneliness–- > Social frailty

0.02

0.762

0.003

7.572

***

Education–- > Social frailty

-0.012

-0.057

0.013

-0.943

0.346

Habitation–- > Social frailty

-0.043

-0.065

0.038

-1.148

0.251

Age–- > Social frailty

0.046

0.117

0.022

2.089

*

Education–- > Social frailty

-0.044

-0.177

0.015

-2.93

**

Social frailty–- > Q1

1.000

0.479

   

Social frailty–- > Q2

1.221

0.569

0.187

6.516

***

Social frailty–- > Q3

1.101

0.513

0.179

6.150

***

Social frailty –- > Q4

0.856

0.423

0.150

5.717

***

Social frailty –- > Q5

0.908

0.469

0.156

5.818

***

Habitation < – > Education

-0.031

-0.094

0.019

-1.619

0.105

Income < – > Habitation

-0.011

-0.029

0.020

-0.536

0.592

Age < – > Habitation

-0.028

-0.139

0.012

-2.369

**

Income < – > education

0.274

0.266

0.058

4.694

***

Income < – > e4

-0.183

-0.408

0.030

-6.173

***

  1. Q1 ~ Q5: Five dimensions of social frailty
  2. *P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.001