Table 3.
Bird flu knowledge in Laos in 2007
| Urban* 164 (15%) |
Semi-U* 364 (33%) |
Rural* 570 (52%) |
p | Total 1098 |
95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird flu knowledge | ||||||
| Never heard of bird flu | 4.8% | 5.4% | 9.4% | 0.03 | 7.4% | 5.9-9 |
| Heard from | ||||||
| -TV | 74.3% | 81.8% | 74.9% | 0.03 | 77.1% | 74-79 |
| -Radio | 13.4% | 13.7% | 27.9% | < 0.000 | 19.6% | 17-22 |
| -Paper | 5.4% | 2.4% | 3.3% | 0.20 | 0.206% | 0.2-0.4 |
| Avian Influenza risk perception | ||||||
| -in Laos | 49.3% | 58.7% | 60.3% | 0.04 | 58.2% | 55-61 |
| -at home | 60.3% | 65.1% | 68.2% | 0.15 | 66% | 63-68 |
| Think human disease risk is higher than 2006 | 22.5% | 43.1% | 39.1% | < 0.000 | 37.9% | 35-40 |
| Able to describe at least one sign of AI in poultry | 42.68% | 61.85% | 44.56% | < 0.000 | 50.00% | 47-52 |
| Main reason for higher risk perception n = 383 | ||||||
| - Outbreak in Laos | 48.4% | 27.8% | 42.8% | 0.007 | 37.6% | 32-42 |
| - smuggling/importation | 9% | 14.9% | 15.2% | 0.64 | 14.6% | 11-18 |
| - lethal disease in human | 7.9% | 16.2% | 14.5% | 0.03 | 14.1% | 12-16 |
| - no disease control | 3% | 9.5% | 4.4% | 0.11 | 6.2% | 4-9 |
| - seasonal | 9% | 18.1% | 1.4% | 0.007 | 4.7% | 2-7 |
| - outbreak/other countries | 5.4% | 3% | 4.7% | 0.83 | 4.4% | 3-7 |
| - human deaths | 0 | 2% | 7.3% | 0.03 | 4.7% | 2-7 |
| - no animal control | 6% | 7.4% | 1.9% | 0.03 | 4.4% | 2-7 |
* Defined according to Lao Census 2005 in method section
95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval