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. 2022 Jul 18;9(1):243. doi: 10.1057/s41599-022-01257-7

Table 3.

Results of mediation analysis of the effects of two beliefs on the willingness to vaccinate now, through the manipulation of presenting the high or the low threshold as goals.

Type Effect Estimate SE Lower CI Upper CI β z p
Indirect HHIT90% ⇒ ReachThresh ⇒ VaccWill −0.199 0.045 −0.292 −0.118 −0.053 −4.426 <0.001
Indirect HHIT90% ⇒ Vac%Pop ⇒ VaccWill 0.102 0.035 0.040 0.175 0.027 2.942 0.003
Component HHIT90% ⇒ ReachThresh −0.503 0.086 −0.675 −0.337 −0.196 −5.825 <0.001
Component ReachThresh ⇒ VaccWill 0.396 0.065 0.263 0.518 0.271 6.106 <0.001
Component HHIT90% ⇒ Vac%Pop 3.294 0.916 1.442 5.101 0.123 3.598 <0.001
Component Vac%Pop ⇒ VaccWill 0.031 0.006 0.020 0.043 0.222 5.229 <0.001
Direct HHIT90% ⇒ VaccWill −0.034 0.131 −0.296 0.223 −0.009 −0.260 0.795
Total HHIT90% ⇒ VaccWill −0.131 0.131 −0.388 0.126 −0.035 −1.001 0.317

HHIT90% refers to the 90% herd immunity threshold (dummy coded as 1 = the high 90% condition, 0 = the low 60% condition). Confidence intervals computed with the method bootstrap percentiles. Betas are completely standardized effect sizes.