Table 9 Total effect, direct effect and indirect of the variables of model 1
estimate | SE | Bia-corrected 95%CI | percentile 95%CI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
attitude | <--- | SES | Total | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.27/0.37 | 0.27/0.37 |
indirect | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.12/0.17 | 0.12/0.17 | |||
direct | 0.18 | 0.03 | 0.13/0.23 | 0.13/0.23 | |||
toothbrushing | <--- | SES | Total | 0.20 | 0.03 | 0.16/0.25 | 0.16/0.25 |
indirect | 0.02 | 0.01 | − 0.01/0.04 | −0.01/0.04 | |||
direct | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.13/0.25 | 0.13/0.25 | |||
dietary behaviors | <--- | SES | Total | 0.27 | 0.04 | 0.19/0.35 | 0.19/0.34 |
indirect | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00/0.07 | 0.00/0.07 | |||
direct | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.14/0.32 | 0.14/0.32 | |||
dental attendance | <--- | SES | Total | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.16/0.27 | 0.16/0.27 |
indirect | 0 | 0.01 | −0.02/0.02 | − 0.02/0.02 | |||
direct | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.15/0.29 | 0.15/0.28 | |||
dmft | <--- | SES | Total | −0.09 | 0.03 | − 0.14/− 0.04 | −0.14/− 0.04 |
indirect | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.04/0.12 | 0.04/0.12 | |||
direct | −0.17 | 0.03 | − 0.23/− 0.10 | −0.21/− 0.07 | |||
toothbrushing | <--- | knowledge | Total | 0.02 | 0.03 | −0.04/0.06 | −0.14/− 0.04 |
dietary behaviors | <--- | knowledge | Total | 0.03 | 0.04 | −0.04/0.11 | −0.05/0.11 |
dmft | <--- | knowledge | Total | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.07/0.03 | −0.07/0.04 |
dmft | <--- | attitude | Total | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.05/0.04 | −0.04/0.04 |