Unemployment and expenditure on health and education as mediators of the association between toothbrushing and global income inequalities

Table 2 Direct, indirect and total effects for the association between the GC and the percentage of schoolchildren brushing-at-least-twice-daily

Effects	β	B (95% CI)	p value
Total	0.15	0.29 (-0.09, 0.67)	0.14
Direct	0.38	0.76 (0.33, 1.18)	0.001
All indirect	-0.24	-0.47 (-0.79, -0.24)	0.001
Indirect through unemployment rate	-0.11	-0.22 (-0.43, -0.066)	0.004
Indirect through EH&E	-0.16	-0.31 (-0.63, -0.11)	0.001

β Standardized coefficient, B Unstandardized coefficient, CI Confidence interval

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