Table 3 The direct effects of risk perceptions and indirect effects of demographics on Intention to adopt personal protective behaviours via risk perceptions
Effects by exogenous variables | Point estimate (SE) | Bootstrapping (95%CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | ||
Direct effects | |||
 Perceived Severity→Intention | -0.03 (0.03) | -0.08 | 0.03 |
 Perceived Vulnerability→Intention | 0.11 (0.04)b | 0.04 | 0.18 |
 Perceived Self-efficacy→Intention | 0.40 (0.09)c | 0.23 | 0.58 |
 Perceived Response Efficacy→Intention | 0.54 (0.04)c | 0.47 | 0.63 |
Indirect effects | |||
 Gender→Intention | |||
  Via Perceived Severity | 0.02 (0.02) | -0.02 | 0.06 |
  Via Perceived Vulnerability | -0.05a | -0.11 | −0.01 |
  Total | -0.03 (0.03) | -0.10 | 0.02 |
 Age→Intention | |||
  Via Perceived Vulnerability | 0.04 (0.02)a | 0.01 | 0.09 |
  Via Perceived Self-efficacy | 0.07 (0.02)b | 0.03 | 0.12 |
  Total | 0.11 (0.03)c | 0.05 | 0.18 |
 Education→Intention | |||
  Via Perceived Response Efficacy | 0.35 (0.04)c | 0.27 | 0.45 |
 Years of raising→Intention |  |  |  |
  Via Perceived Response Efficacy | -0.08 (0.04) | -0.17 | -0.00 |