Table 3. Practice of SARS preventive measures, 3 days before interviews^a.

Variable	No.	OR	95% CI
Personal health evaluation Symptoms in past 2 weeks None One or more Anxietyb Moderate or high (score ≤3.25) Low anxiety (score >3.25) Perceived likelihood of SARS Not likely Likely	932 269 544 657 1,034 167	1.012 0.960 0.861 1.140 1.031 0.833	0.947 to 1.082 0.766 to 1.203 0.757 to 0.978 1.031 to 1.283 0.979 to 1.085 0.621 to 1.118
Knowledge of SARS Two or fewer correct answers Three correct answers	952 249	1.012 0.954	0.950 to 1.079 0.753 to 1.079
Appraisal of crisis management Quality of official information Below average (negative) Above average (positive) Have chance to express opinionc Disagree Agree Agreeable to quarantine when non-close contact with SARS-infected person and no symptoms Agree Do not agree or don’t know	290 911 271 930 860 341	1.164 0.955 1.434 0.909 0.969 1.084	0.928 to 1.460 0.893 to 1.020 1.115 to 1.846 0.855 to 0.966 0.899 to 1.045 0.888 to 1.323
Demographic characteristics Years of formal educationd ≤10 >10 Sexc Male Female Agec (y) <35 ≥35	686 515 599 602 391 809	0.909 1.143 1.339 0.770 1.365 .872	0.821 to 1.006 0.985 to 1.325 1.166 to 1.539 0.689 to 0.861 1.123 to 1.658 0.806 to 0.943

^aSARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; OR, odds ratio; CI, 95% confidence interval.
^bAsymptotic significance (2-sided) ≤0.05.
^cAsymptotic significance (2-sided) ≤0.001.
^dAsymptotic significance (2-sided) ≤0.10.