TABLE 2—
Survey Respondents’ Knowledge and Attitudes About AIDS and SARS, by Educational Attainment: New York City Metropolitan Area, 2003 (n = 928)
| AIDS | SARS | |||||||||||||||
| Question | Not much, % | Some/a great deal, % | Agree, % | Disagree, % | Not at all, % | Somewhat, % | Very, % | P | Not much, % | Some/a great deal, % | Agree, % | Disagree, % | Not at all, % | Somewhat, % | Very, % | P |
| How much have you heard about AIDS (SARS)? | ||||||||||||||||
| <High school | 6.0 | 94.0 | .215 | 22.0 | 78.0 | .224 | ||||||||||
| High school or equivalent | 6.4 | 93.6 | 18.1 | 82.0 | ||||||||||||
| Some college | 1.6 | 98.4 | 13.2 | 86.8 | ||||||||||||
| College degree | 4.7 | 95.3 | 11.3 | 88.7 | ||||||||||||
| Graduate work | 0.7 | 99.4 | 7.4 | 92.6 | ||||||||||||
| Should Americans with AIDS (SARS) be required to wear identification tags? | ||||||||||||||||
| <High school | 47.6 | 52.4 | .0003 | 38.2 | 61.8 | .010 | ||||||||||
| High school or equivalent | 33.5 | 66.5 | 37.6 | 62.4 | ||||||||||||
| Some college | 21.2 | 78.8 | 28.8 | 71.2 | ||||||||||||
| College degree | 21.6 | 78.4 | 25.4 | 74.6 | ||||||||||||
| Graduate work | 10.4 | 89.6 | 12.4 | 87.6 | ||||||||||||
| Should people who knowingly spread AIDS (SARS) be executed? | ||||||||||||||||
| <High school | 45.0 | 55.0 | .005 | 28.6 | 71.4 | .315 | ||||||||||
| High school or equivalent | 36.4 | 63.7 | 20.8 | 79.2 | ||||||||||||
| Some college | 29.0 | 71.0 | 25.5 | 74.5 | ||||||||||||
| College degree | 24.8 | 75.3 | 20.2 | 79.8 | ||||||||||||
| Graduate work | 15.0 | 85.0 | 12.7 | 87.3 | ||||||||||||
| Should people in the United States with AIDS (SARS) be quarantined? | ||||||||||||||||
| <High school | 34.8 | 65.3 | .0002 | 55.4 | 44.6 | .091 | ||||||||||
| High school or equivalent | 25.6 | 74.4 | 73.3 | 26.7 | ||||||||||||
| Some college | 19.4 | 80.6 | 76.0 | 24.0 | ||||||||||||
| College degree | 11.8 | 88.2 | 73.6 | 26.4 | ||||||||||||
| Graduate work | 6.1 | 93.9 | 60.9 | 39.1 | ||||||||||||
| Should people avoid areas in the United States heavily populated by gay men (Chinese)? | ||||||||||||||||
| <High school | 30.9 | 69.1 | .001 | 16.0 | 84.0 | .009 | ||||||||||
| High school or equivalent | 25.4 | 74.6 | 22.1 | 77.9 | ||||||||||||
| Some college | 23.3 | 76.7 | 20.8 | 79.2 | ||||||||||||
| College degree | 12.4 | 87.6 | 19.8 | 80.2 | ||||||||||||
| Graduate work | 7.2 | 92.8 | 5.5 | 94.5 | ||||||||||||
| Should all gay men (Chinese) be forcibly checked for AIDS (SARS)? | ||||||||||||||||
| <High school | 77.9 | 22.1 | <.0001 | 48.6 | 51.4 | <.0001 | ||||||||||
| High school or equivalent | 53.4 | 46.7 | 48.7 | 51.3 | ||||||||||||
| Some college | 43.1 | 56.9 | 38.9 | 61.2 | ||||||||||||
| College degree | 34.9 | 65.1 | 26.2 | 73.8 | ||||||||||||
| Graduate work | 17.4 | 82.6 | 11.0 | 89.0 | ||||||||||||
| Should gay men (Chinese) not be allowed to enter the United States? | ||||||||||||||||
| <High school | 9.7 | 90.3 | .012 | 28.1 | 72.0 | .002 | ||||||||||
| High school or equivalent | 14.8 | 85.2 | 20.8 | 79.3 | ||||||||||||
| Some college | 13.4 | 86.6 | 25.8 | 74.2 | ||||||||||||
| College degree | 5.4 | 94.6 | 12.2 | 87.8 | ||||||||||||
| Graduate work | 3.2 | 96.8 | 6.2 | 93.8 | ||||||||||||
| Did people with AIDS (SARS) get what they deserve? | ||||||||||||||||
| <High school | 6.5 | 93.5 | .121 | 3.5 | 96.5 | . . . | ||||||||||
| High school or equivalent | 7.0 | 93.0 | 2.7 | 97.3 | ||||||||||||
| Some college | 5.3 | 94.7 | 0.8 | 99.2 | ||||||||||||
| College degree | 1.7 | 98.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||
| Graduate work | 6.9 | 93.1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||
| How worried are you about getting AIDS (SARS)? | ||||||||||||||||
| <High school | 59.2 | 22.0 | 18.9 | <.0001 | 53.3 | 33.4 | 13.3 | .098 | ||||||||
| High school or equivalent | 64.6 | 25.0 | 10.4 | 53.6 | 42.9 | 3.6 | ||||||||||
| Some college | 66.7 | 31.9 | 1.4 | 48.9 | 43.9 | 7.2 | ||||||||||
| College degree | 71.1 | 26.9 | 2.0 | 56.6 | 38.6 | 4.9 | ||||||||||
| Graduate work | 86.2 | 12.8 | 1.0 | 70.9 | 27.4 | 1.7 | ||||||||||
Note. Parenthetical wording pertains only to questions regarding SARS.