Table 3.
Odds ratios from logistic regression models of trust in cancer information from various sources among HINTS 5 Cycle 2 and Cycle 4 respondents
| Government health agencies |
Doctors | Friends and family |
Charitable organizations |
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| Before Pandemic | *** | *** | (ref) | *** | *** | (ref) | (ref) | |||
| During Pandemic | 1.21 (0.97 - 1.52) | 0.09 | 0.95 (0.70 - 1.29) | 0.74 | 0.96 (0.58 - 1.60) | 0.89 | ||||
| Race-Ethnicity | 0.04 | <0.01 | <0.01 | |||||||
| NH White | *** | *** | (ref) | *** | *** | (ref) | (ref) | |||
| NH Black | 0.82 (0.60 - 1.11) | 0.20 | 2.43 (1.56 - 3.77) | <0.01 | 3.02 (1.80 - 5.09) | <0.01 | ||||
| Hispanic | 0.71 (0.53 - 0.95) | 0.02 | 1.80 (1.19 - 2.73) | 0.01 | 1.36 (0.73 - 2.54) | 0.33 | ||||
| NH Asian | 0.84 (0.56 - 1.28) | 0.42 | 0.90 (0.52 - 1.54) | 0.69 | 0.83 (0.32 - 2.20) | 0.71 | ||||
| NH Other | 0.53 (0.27 - 1.04) | 0.06 | 1.39 (0.54 - 3.57) | 0.49 | 0.59 (0.17 - 2.00) | 0.39 | ||||
| Sex | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
| Male | (ref) | |||||||||
| Female | 1.23 (0.99 - 1.51) | 0.06 | ||||||||
| Age Group | 0.01 | 0.01 | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| 18-34 | (ref) | (ref) | ||||||||
| 35-39 | 0.75 (0.51 - 1.09) | 0.13 | 0.55 (0.35 - 0.88) | 0.01 | ||||||
| 40-44 | 0.81 (0.54 - 1.22) | 0.31 | 0.62 (0.40 - 0.97) | 0.04 | ||||||
| 45+ | 0.60 (0.45 - 0.81) | <0.01 | 0.61 (0.45 - 0.82) | <0.01 | ||||||
| Education | <0.01 | 0.35 | 0.04 | 0.01 | ||||||
| Less than high school | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | ||||||
| High school graduate | 0.76 (0.50 - 1.16) | 0.21 | 1.15 (0.72 - 1.85) | 0.55 | 0.78 (0.35 - 1.78) | 0.56 | 0.46 (0.15 - 1.41) | 0.17 | ||
| Some College | 1.03 (0.69 - 1.53) | 0.90 | 1.22 (0.78 – 1.91) | 0.39 | 0.62 (0.29 – 1.35) | 0.23 | 0.35 (0.11 – 1.09) | 0.07 | ||
| College graduate | 1.47 (1.00 – 2.17) | 0.05 | 1.42 (0.88 – 2.29) | 0.15 | 0.47 (0.22 – 1.04) | 0.06 | 0.22 (0.07 – 0.70) | 0.01 | ||
| Household Income | NA | 0.36 | NA | NA | <0.01 | |||||
| Less than $20,000 | (ref) | (ref) | ||||||||
| $20,000 to < $35,000 | 0.92 (0.64 – 1.30) | 0.62 | 1.07 (0.59 – 1.94) | 0.82 | ||||||
| $35,000 to < $50,000 | 0.82 (0.56 – 1.20) | 0.30 | 0.99 (0.49 – 2.03) | 0.98 | ||||||
| $50,000 to < $75,000 | 0.95 (0.66 – 1.36) | 0.77 | 1.08 (0.47 – 2.51) | 0.85 | ||||||
| $75,000 or More | 1.10 (0.80 – 1.52) | 0.55 | 0.43 (0.24 – 0.80) | 0.01 | ||||||
| Marital Status | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
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| Not married | 1.17 (0.97 – 1.41) | 0.10 | ||||||||
| Census Region | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||
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| Time Period x Race/Ethnicity ** | *** | 0.02 | NA | *** | 0.04 | NA | NA | |||
NH=non-Hispanic; OR=Odds Ratio; CI=Confidence Interval; NA = Not Applicable (i.e., unadjusted association was not statistically significant, and covariate was excluded from subsequent modeling steps).
Estimates statistically significant at p<0.05 in bold
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"Before pandemic" includes HINTS 5 Cycle 4 survey data received on or before March 11, 2020 and all HINTS 5 Cycle 2 (2018) survey data. "During pandemic" includes HINTS 5 Cycle 4 survey data received after March 11, 2020.
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For final model estimates involving terms in interaction, see selected pairwise odds ratios in Table 4.