Table 3.

Media agenda-setting: resources

	Government website (n = 421)		Other website (n = 421)		News releases (n = 421)		Scientific journal articles (n = 421)
Independent variables	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Organization not owned by     public corporation whose     shares are traded on an     exchange	0.96~	(0.74, 1.26)	0.66**	(0.49, 0.88)	0.72*	(0.56, 0.93)	0.73*	(0.56, 0.95)
Organization not owned by     a group or chain	1.03~	(0.79, 1.33)	1.10~	(0.84, 1.46)	0.85~	(0.66, 1.10)	1.71***	(1.31, 2.23)
Small media organization     (defined as <30 full-time     news and editorial staff)	0.74*	(0.58, 0.94)	0.76*	(0.59, 0.98)	1.33*	(1.05, 1.68)	0.57***	(0.45, 0.73)
Bachelor’s degree or less	0.83~	(0.63, 1.10)	0.70*	(0.51, 0.96)	1.39*	(1.06, 1.83)	0.50***	(0.38, 0.66)
1–15 years working as a     reporter or editor	1.15~	(0.92, 1.45)	1.44**	(1.13, 1.85)	1.40**	(1.12, 1.75)	1.06~	(0.85, 1.33)
Do not have freedom in     selecting stories I want to     work on	0.90~	(0.66, 1.23)	0.56**	(0.43, 0.81)	1.15~	(0.84, 1.55)	0.76~	(0.57, 1.06)

2005 NCI survey of U.S. health and medical science reporters and editors.

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for weighted, multivariable fitted logistic regression models that describe the odds of saying that a given resource is used “very often/often” for information when working on a health story, by organizational and individual characteristics of reporters and editors.

^~p> .06

^*p< .05

^**p< 01

^***p< .0001.

Referent categories: Organization owned by a public corporation; organization owned by a group or chain; large media organization; master’s degree or more; 16+ years working as reporter or editor; does have freedom to select stories.