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Table 3 HLM model results of post-disaster subjective life satisfaction

From: Social capital, policy fairness, and subjective life satisfaction of earthquake survivors in Wenchuan, China: a longitudinal study based on post-earthquake survey data

 

Parameter

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

Fixed effect

      

 Initial state \(\pi_{0i}\)

      

 Intercept

\(\gamma_{00}\)

11.435***

(0.120)

10.786***

(0.251)

11.267***

(2.015)

6.390*

(2.756)

10.223***

(2.885)

 Gender

\(\gamma_{01}\)

  

0.602

(0.490)

0.370

(0.511)

0.606

(0.493)

 Education level

\(\gamma_{02}\)

  

0.798

(0.499)

0.658

(0.521)

0.678

(0.505)

 Marital status

\(\gamma_{03}\)

  

0.263

(0.758)

− 0.161

(0.775)

0.230

(0.757)

 Policy fairness

\(\gamma_{04}\)

     

  Fair

   

− 2.397*

(1.149)

 

− 2.732*

(1.162)

  Unfair

   

− 3.355**

(1.148)

 

− 3.737***

(1.157)

  Very unfair

   

− 3.514**

(1.190)

 

− 3.887***

(1.203)

 “Bainian” net

\(\gamma_{05}\)

   

0.362

(0.571)

1.222*

(0.580)

 Community belonging

\(\gamma_{06}\)

   

0.085

(0.054)

− 0.015

(0.056)

 Community trust

\(\gamma_{07}\)

   

0.004

(0.006)

0.005

(0.006)

Rate of change \({ }\pi_{1i}\)

      

 Intercept

\(\gamma_{10}\)

 

0.324**

(0.107)

0.490

(0.906)

2.256†

(1.319)

0.453

(1.398)

 Gender

\(\gamma_{11}\)

  

− 0.433*

(0.213)

− 0.344

(0.216)

− 0.418*

(0.213)

 Education level

\(\gamma_{12}\)

  

− 0.250

(0.228)

− 0.194

(0.233)

− 0.205

(0.229)

 Marital status

\(\gamma_{13}\)

  

− 0.127

(0.367)

− 0.067

(0.362)

− 0.137

(0.364)

 Policy fairness

\(\gamma_{14}\)

     

  Fair

   

0.983*

(0.498)

 

1.140*

(0.503)

  Unfair

   

1.114**

(0.493)

 

1.315**

(0.497)

  Very unfair

   

1.129*

(0.516)

 

1.328*

(0.523)

“Bainian” net

\(\gamma_{15}\)

   

− 0.449

(0.274)

− 0.695*

(0.277)

Community belonging

\(\gamma_{16}\)

   

− 0.012

(0.027)

0.028

(0.027)

Community trust

\(\gamma_{17}\)

   

0.001

(0.004)

− 0.001

(0.004)

Random effect/variance components

      

 Level 1

      

  Intra-individual variance

\(\sigma_{\varepsilon }^{2}\)

5.282

(0.352)

5.161

(0.344)

4.828

(0.325)

4.975

(0.333)

4.758

(0.322)

 Level 2

      

  Initial state

\(\sigma_{0}^{2}\)

1.502

(0.329)

2.243

(1.104)

1.455

(0.811)

2.387

(0.409)

1.580

(0.851)

  Rate of change

\(\sigma_{1}^{2}\)

 

0.016

(0.040)

0.001

(0.007)

0.031

(0.013)

0.015

(0.022)

  Covariance

\(\sigma_{01}\)

 

− 0.191

(0.277)

− 0.027

(0.198)

− 0.275

(0.063)

− 0.091

(0.219)

Model testing

      

 Deviance

 

3177.878

3168.141

3092.493

3138.738

3075.766

 AIC

 

3183.879

3180.142

3128.493

3174.739

3123.766

 BIC

 

3197.423

3207.23

3209.624

3256.003

3231.941

  1. Initial state represents life satisfaction at the time of the disaster and rate of change represents changes in life satisfaction within 4 years after the disaster
  2. p < 0.1, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001