Table 6.
Risk perception and avoidance behaviors towards anti passive smoking.
| Anti-passive smoking action in household | Anti-passive smoking action in public places | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adopt proactive action (n = 130) |
Do nothing (n = 36) | t-value (p-value) | Adopt proactive action (n = 138) |
Do nothing(n = 28) | t-value (p-value) | |
| Attitude | 6.62 (SD = 0.83) | 6.16 (SD = 1.05) | 2.76 (p = 0.01) | 6.63 (SD = 0.81) | 5.95 (SD = 1.11) | 3.78 (p < 0.01) |
| Perceived risk—overall risk perception | 6.40 (SD = 0.84) | 5.84 (SD = 1.04) | 3.37 (p < 0.01) | 6.41 (SD = 0.83) | 5.65 (SD = 1.05) | 3.60 (p < 0.01) |
| Perceived risk—susceptibility to threat | 6.49 (SD = 0.76) | 5.92 (SD = 0.94) | 3.37 (p < 0.01) | 6.47 (SD = 0.77) | 5.86 (SD = 0.96) | 3.19 (p < 0.01) |
| Perceived risk—severity of the threat | 6.32 (SD = 1.04) | 5.77 (SD = 1.26) | 2.66 (p = 0.01) | 6.35 (SD = 1.02) | 5.45 SD = 1.26) | 4.06 (p < 0.01) |