Table 3.
Associations between background characters and KAP regarding A/H1N1
| Know the main modes of transmission | worry about infection of A/H1N1 | take up preventive measures | take up A/H1N1 vaccination | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Row% | ORm(95% CI) | Row% | ORm(95% CI) | Row% | ORm(95% CI) | Row% | ORm(95% CI) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 58.5 | NU | 25.5 | 1.00 | 75.4 | 1.00 | 11.1 | NU |
| Female | 58.4 | 29.5 | 1.24(1.14-1.36) ‡ | 80.4 | 1.41(1.28-1.55) ‡ | 10.5 | ||
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 18~ | 60.5 | 1.00 | 31.1 | 1.00 | 79.1 | 1.00 | 20.5 | 1.00 |
| 25~ | 60.9 | 1.07(0.93-1.24)* | 30.1 | 1.10(0.94-1.29) ‡ | 79.1 | 1.18(0.99-1.40) | 10.7 | 1.15(0.91-1.46) † |
| 50~ | 54.4 | 1.04(0.88-1.24) | 23.0 | 0.87(0.72-1.04) | 75.3 | 1.12(0.92-1.38) | 6.4 | 0.78(0.57-1.05)* |
| 65~ | 50.5 | 0.87(0.72-1.06)* | 19.5 | 0.77(0.62-0.96) † | 77.2 | 1.34(1.06-1.69)* | 7.0 | 0.92(0.65-1.30) |
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary school and illiterate | 38.0 | 1.00 | 22.7 | 1.00 | 64.6 | 1.00 | 4.7 | 1.00 |
| Middle school | 55.6 | 1.71(1.48-1.98) † | 26.3 | 1.12(0.95-1.33) | 79.3 | 2.00(1.71-2.34) ‡ | 8.9 | 1.12(0.82-1.53) |
| College and above | 66.9 | 2.16(1.83-2.54) ‡ | 30.4 | 1.23(1.02-1.49) * | 80.4 | 1.98(1.64-2.38) ‡ | 14.5 | 1.09(0.78-1.52) |
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Student | 62.7 | 1.00 | 33.1 | 1.00 | 80.3 | 1.00 | 35.9 | 1.00 |
| Teacher | 73.2 | 1.46(1.09-1.96) ‡ | 36.8 | 1.12(0.84-1.50) † | 82.5 | 0.94(0.66-1.33) | 28.0 | 0.67(0.48-0.94) ‡ |
| Health care worker | 71.0 | 1.31(0.97-1.78) † | 29.6 | 0.74(0.54-1.02) | 87.3 | 1.36(0.91-2.03) † | 46.2 | 1.52(1.09-2.11) ‡ |
| Office staff | 67.1 | 1.08(0.88-1.33) † | 29.4 | 0.81(0.65-1.01) | 78.0 | 0.76(0.59-0.97) † | 7.9 | 0.13(0.10-0.17) ‡ |
| Worker | 54.4 | 0.77(0.62-0.97) † | 26.6 | 0.74(0.58-0.95) | 81.0 | 0.99(0.74-1.31) | 6.6 | 0.12(0.09-0.17) ‡ |
| Farmer | 41.3 | 0.63(0.49-0.80) ‡ | 25.5 | 0.76(0.59-0.99) | 69.1 | 0.70(0.53-0.94) † | 3.1 | 0.06(0.04-0.10) ‡ |
| Public service personnel | 57.6 | 0.81(0.64-1.02) * | 28.4 | 0.80(0.63-1.03) | 80.3 | 0.89(0.67-1.18) | 10.9 | 0.19(0.14-0.26) † |
| Others | 55.0 | 0.83(0.67-1.02) † | 24.6 | 0.66(0.53-0.83) ‡ | 78.1 | 0.74(0.57-0.96) † | 5.9 | 0.11(0.08-0.15) ‡ |
| Survey wave | ||||||||
| 30 Nov 2009-27 Dec 2009 | 56.9 | 1.00 | 34.3 | 1.00 | 82.6 | 1.00 | 9.1 | 1.00 |
| 4 Jan 2010-24 Jan 2010 | 57.7 | 1.08(0.98-1.20) | 26.6 | 0.70(0.62-0.78) | 77.7 | 0.91(0.80-1.03) | 9.7 | 1.12(0.92-1.33) |
| 24 Feb 2010-25 Mar 2010 | 60.6 | 1.20(1.08-1.34) † | 22.1 | 0.54(0.48-0.60) ‡ | 74.1 | 0.71(0.62-0.80) ‡ | 13.5 | 1.67(1.40-1.99) |
ORm: odds ratio obtained from stepwise multivariate logistics regression analysis using univariately significant variables as candidate variables and adjusting for region;
NU: not significant in the univariate analysis;
*: P < 0.05;
†: P < 0.01;
‡: P < 0.0001.