Table 4.
Factors associated with the risk perception of A/H1N1 or taking up preventive measures in daily life
| Worry about infection of A/H1N1 | Take up preventive measures in daily life | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Row% | ORu (95% CI) | ORm(95% CI) | Row% | ORu (95% CI) | ORm(95% CI) |
| Know the main modes of transmission | ||||||
| No | 21.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 71.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 31.8 | 1.68(1.53-1.83) † | 1.69(1.54-1.86) † | 82.5 | 1.84(1.68-2.02) † | 1.57(1.42-1.73) † |
| Know the state's initial vaccination strategy | ||||||
| No | 24.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 68.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 28.9 | 1.22(1.12-1.34) † | 1.12(1.01-1.24)* | 82.7 | 2.21(2.02-2.43) † | 1.61(1.43-1.81) † |
| Know the free vaccination policy | ||||||
| No | 26.5 | 1.00 | NU | 69.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 28.1 | 1.08(0.98-1.19) | 81.6 | 1.96(1.78-2.16) † | 1.40(1.24-1.58) † | |
| Worry about infection of A/H1N1 | ||||||
| No | - | - | - | 74.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 87.9 | 2.51(2.22-2.84) † | 2.09(1.84-2.37) † | |||
| Has your daily life been disturbed by A/H1N1 | ||||||
| No | - | - | - | 73.4 | 1.00 | NS |
| Yes | 87.2 | 2.47(2.22-2.76) † | ||||
ORu: univariate odds ratio obtained using logistic regression;
ORm: odds ratio obtained from stepwise multivariate logistics regression analysis using univariately significant variables as candidate variables and adjusting for gender, age, education level, occupation, region and survey wave;
NU: not significant in the univariate analysis;
NS: not significant in multivariate analysis though significant in the univariate analysis;
-: not analyzed
*: P < 0.05;
†: P < 0.0001.