A cross-sectional study applying the PRECEDE model to explore factors influencing epidemic prevention behaviors among preschool educators

Table 5 Summary of hierarchical regression analysis of the questionnaire (N = 190)

Variables	Model 1		Model 2			Model 3		Model 4
	Background factors		Background and predisposing attitudes factors			Background, predisposing attitudes, and reinforcing factors		Background, predisposing attitudes, reinforcing and enabling factors		Collinearity diagnostic
	β	t	β		t	β	t	β	t	VIF
Background variables
Ages 26–30	−0.10	−1.29	−0.16	−2.23*		−0.16	−2.41*	−0.12	−2.04*	1.37
Ages 31–35	0.08	0.77	−0.02	−0.25		−0.03	−0.35	0.01	0.02	2.08
Ages 36–40	0.08	0.73	0.03	0.27		0.05	0.60	0.08	1.00	2.20
Ages 41–45	0.12	1.25	0.07	0.80		0.11	1.38	0.14	1.92	1.89
Ages 46–50	0.10	1.04	0.03	0.37		0.03	0.34	0.06	0.87	1.90
Ages 51 and above	0.25	2.94**	0.21	2.67**		0.21	2.99**	0.23	3.68***	1.50
Years of work experience 1–3 years	0.03	0.30	0.04	0.53		0.11	1.51	0.08	1.23	1.60
Years of work experience 4–6 years	−0.16	−1.73	−0.13	−1.55		−0.05	−0.61	− 0.08	−1.18	1.92
Years of work experience 7 years and above	0.09	0.80	0.11	1.00		0.21	2.00*	0.07	0.80	2.94
Predisposing attitudes factors			0.38	5.70***		0.21	3.12**	0.14	2.31*	1.33
Reinforcing factors						0.45	6.59***	0.15	2.17*	2.03
Enabling factors								0.46	6.65***	1.87
R²	0.14		0.28			0.42		0.54
Adj R²	0.10		0.24			0.38		0.50
F	3.33***		6.84***			11.64***		16.95***
△R²	0.14		0.13			0.14		0.12
△F	3.33**		16.53***			46.60***		41.25***

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