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. 2013 Jun 18;10(6):2515–2543. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10062515

Table S5.

Association between the heat-related outcomes and measures of access to information (adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals).

HRS HRI HRI + HRS
Age
Young (<5) 0.13 * (0.04, 0.44) -- 0.44 * (0.26, 0.73)
Elderly (>60) 1.94 * (1.15, 3.29) -- 1.95 * (1.10, 3.45)
All other ages (5 ≤ age ≤ 60) (ref)
Work location:
Sun 2.20 * (1.29, 3.74) -- 1.82 * (1.08, 3.06)
Mixed 1.05 (0.62, 1.78) -- 1.12 (0.67, 1.87)
Shade
Chronic preexisting condition 3.38 * (2.49, 4.60) 1.66 * (1.09, 2.51) 2.41 * (1.78, 3.26)
Diarrheal preexisting condition -- 3.42 * (1.78, 6.57) --
Infectious preexisting condition 1.59 * (1.123, 2.24) 2.90 * (1.91, 4.43) 1.82 * (1.33, 2.49)
Main drinking water source:
In-home tap 0.53 (0.27, 1.04) -- --
Public (tap/bore hole) 0.44 * (0.20, 0.96) -- --
From neighbor 0.83 (0.26, 2.62) -- --
Purchased (bottled/50L jug) (ref)
Measures of Access to Information a:
Visited a doctor for heat-related illness before -- -- 2.77 * (2.13, 3.57)
Heat warning source this past summer: People vs. Media 0.87 (0.61, 1.23) 0.82 (0.44, 1.52) 0.91 (0.64, 1.29)
Heat-related morbidity source where they have looked or would look
Media 1.51 (0.87, 2.63) 1.54 (0.68, 3.54) 1.65 (0.92, 2.97)
Don't Know 1.86 (0.61, 5.65) 1.64 (0.23, 11.89) 1.60 (0.41, 6.19)
Community (ref)
Person previously talked to about heat-related morbidity
No one 0.92 (0.55, 1.55) 0.71 (0.36, 1.40) 0.70 (0.44, 1.12)
Community 1.43 (0.71, 2.85) 2.17 (0.87, 5.45) 1.76 (0.87, 3.57)
Professional (ref)
NOT Worried about getting sick from heat 2.84 * (1.25, 6.45) -- 2.22 * (1.04, 4.75)
Had NOT sought heat-related morbidity info before 1.46 (0.62, 3.44) 11.18 * (2.75, 45.38) 2.56 * (1.20, 5.49)
Social Connectedness Score a:
0–1 2.87 * (1.41, 5.87) 0.86 (0.31, 2.41) 2.24 * (1.19, 4.22)
2 0.70 (0.44, 1.10) 0.40 * (0.21, 0.75) 0.71 (0.46, 1.07)
3 (ref)

a Covariates were tested in hypothesis; * p < 0.05 compared to indicated reference.