Table 5.
The result of the mediating effect model.
| Mediating variable | Effect | Coefficient | Standard error | 95% confidence interval | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower limit | Upper limit | |||||
| Health literacy | Outpatient visits | Indirect | 0.071** | (0.03) | 0.007 | 0.136 |
| Direct | 0.384*** | (0.11) | 0.171 | 0.597 | ||
| Health risk perception | Physical examination | Indirect | 0.131** | (0.07) | 0.002 | 0.260 |
| Direct | 0.334*** | (0.13) | 0.080 | 0.589 | ||
| Smog Baidu index | Indirect | 0.122*** | (0.05) | 0.030 | 0.214 | |
| Direct | 0.343*** | (0.12) | 0.116 | 0.570 | ||
* p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01; Standard errors are shown in parentheses.