Mediation of educational differences in the intention to quit smoking by attitude, subjective norms and self-efficacy (N=3676)
| Direct effect | Indirect effect through attitude | Indirect effect through subjective norms | Indirect effect through self-efficacy | Total indirect effect | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational level | β | 95% CI* | β | 95% CI* | β | 95% CI* | β | 95% CI* | β | 95% CI* |
| Intention to quit smoking within 1 month | ||||||||||
| Lowest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lower | −0.203 | (−0.502 to 0.095) | 0.001 | (−0.013 to 0.018) | 0.039 | (0.017 to 0.071) | 0.027 | (−0.019 to 0.074) | 0.067 | (0.007 to 0.130) |
| Higher | −0.055 | (−0.373 to 0.263) | −0.004 | (−0.026 to 0.010) | 0.041 | (0.017 to 0.075) | −0.001 | (−0.053 to 0.053) | 0.036 | (−0.033 to 0.105) |
| Highest | −0.283 | (−0.604 to 0.037) | 0.007 | (−0.008 to 0.027) | 0.045 | (0.019 to 0.080) | 0.083 | (0.030 to 0.141) | 0.134 | (0.066 to 0.208) |
| Intention to quit smoking within 6 months | ||||||||||
| Lowest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lower | −0.127 | (−0.362 to 0.108) | 0.001 | (−0.010 to 0.014) | 0.043 | (0.019 to 0.073) | 0.028 | (−0.020 to 0.076) | 0.073 | (0.009 to 0.135) |
| Higher | 0.044 | (−0.209 to 0.296) | −0.004 | (−0.030 to 0.009) | 0.045 | (0.019 to 0.077) | −0.001 | (−0.057 to 0.056) | 0.041 | (−0.030 to 0.113) |
| Highest | −0.335 | (−0.593 to −0.077) | 0.005 | (−0.006 to 0.022) | 0.050 | (0.023 to 0.083) | 0.087 | (0.031 to 0.145) | 0.142 | (0.072 to 0.215) |
*95% CI of β, adjusted for age, marital status, amount of cigarettes smoked per day and city.