Table 4.

Multivariate linear regression of scores for knowledge, attitudes and practice towards pandemic influenza A (H1N1)

		Practice Score			Attitudes Score			Knowledge Score
		β	95% CI for β	p-value	β	95% CI for β	p-value	β	95% CI for β	p-value
Sex	Male	-2.27	-8.97 to 4.43	0.506	1.78	-4.18 to 7.73	0.558	2.42	-3.30 to 8.13	0.407
Status	Patients	11.03	6.06 to 16.00	< 0.001	3.30	-1.11 to 7.71	0.142	0.46	-3.77 to 4.69	0.831
	Contacts	2.85	0.14 to 5.56	0.040	0.588	-1.82 to 3.00	0.633	3.19	0.88 to 5.50	0.007
	Healthcare Workers	3.39	0.78 to 6.00	0.011	1.17	-1.14 to 3.48	0.323	0.79	-1.43 to 3.01	0.485
	General Servicemen*	NA			NA			NA
Ethnicity	Others	-0.93	-7.02 to 5.14	0.762	3.08	-2.32 to 8.48	0.263	-3.63	-8.80 to 1.55	0.170
	Indian	2.33	-2.09 to 6.75	0.301	0.43	-3.49 to 4.36	0.829	1.46	-2.31 to 5.23	0.447
	Malay	6.17	3.20 to 9.13	< 0.001	3.30	0.67 to 5.92	0.014	-0.63	-3.15 to 1.89	0.626
	Chinese*	NA			NA			NA
Age		0.25	-0.01 to 0.50	0.057	0.11	-0.11 to 0.34	0.330	0.22	-0.002 to 0.43	0.053
Education	High School	-0.03	-2.30 to 2.25	0.982	-1.50	-3.52 to 0.52	0.146	1.73	-2.31 to 5.23	0.080
	Degree	-5.01	-9.84 to -0.18	0.042	-3.82	-8.09 to 0.47	0.081	2.55	-3.15 to 1.89	0.223
	Elementary/Middle School *	NA			NA			NA
Housing	4 room public flat	-1.08	-3.98 to 1.83	0.467	-1.57	-4.15 to 1.01	0.232	0.70	-1.78 to 3.17	0.582
	5 room public flat	-2.69	-5.75 to 0.37	0.084	-0.09	-2.80 to 2.63	0.951	0.50	-2.11 to 3.11	0.709
	Private Property	-2.41	-6.07 to 1.24	0.196	-0.85	-4.10 to 2.40	0.610	1.59	-1.53 to 4.71	0.316
	≤ 3 room public flat*	NA			NA			NA
Knowledge Score		0.30	0.22 to 0.37	< 0.001	0.21	0.14 to 0.28	< 0.001
Attitudes Score		0.04	-0.03 to 0.11	0.280

*Reference group