Table VIII.
Variables correlated with vaccine Perceived Benefits and Perceived Barriers at p ≤ 0.05
| How effective do you think a vaccine is in protecting you from catching the swine flu? | ||
|---|---|---|
| (Effective or Very effective) | ||
| Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value | |
| How concerned are you about potential side effects of a vaccine? | ||
| Not Concerned | 1 | 2.2 * 10−5 |
| Indifferent or Concerned | 0.34 (0.21, 0.56) | |
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| How would you classify the media’s coverage of the swine flu, in general? | ||
| Not reported at all, Underreported, or Fair | 1 | 0.00017 |
| Somewhat overblown or Very overblown | 0.36 (0.21, 0.62) | |
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| How prepared do you believe the government is for swine flu? | ||
| Not nearly enough, Adequate but could have done more, or Just right | 1 | 0.00065 |
| Too much or Completely overblown | 0.28 (0.14, 0.58) | |
| How concerned are you about potential side effects of a vaccine? | ||
|---|---|---|
| (Indifferent or Concerned) | ||
| Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value | |
| How effective do you think a vaccine is in protecting you from catching the swine flu? | ||
| Very ineffective, Ineffective, or Moderately ineffective | 1 | 2.2 * 10−5 |
| Effective or Very effective | 0.34 (0.21, 0.56) | |
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| How would you classify the media’s coverage of the swine flu, in general? | ||
| Not nearly enough, Adequate but could have done more, or Just right | 1 | 0.032 |
| Too much or Completely overblown | 2.2 (1.1, 4.4) | |
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| Gender | ||
| Female | 1 | 0.029 |
| Male | 0.57 (0.35, 0.94) | |