Table 6.

Predictors of recommended and non-recommended behaviours

a. Contrasting those who performed two or more recommended behaviours (N = 650) with those who did not (N = 328)
Variable	Odds ratio, significance	95% confidence interval
Anxiety	1.73**	1.45-2.08
Perceived probability of infection	1.77**	1.31-2.38
Mortality awareness	2.22*	1.76-2.81
Associations with H7N9
- Floating pigs	1.50**	1,27-1.77
- New migrants	1.31*	1.10-1,55
- Poor Chinese hygiene	1.30**	1.12-1.52
- Unhygienic poultry trade	1.35*	1.12-1.63
- Recent temperature fluctuations	1.07	.93-1.24
- Global climate change	1.06	.91-1.23
Risk group
- Regular contact with poultry	.99	.63-1.61
- Migrants	1.14	.92-1.41
- Children	1.35**	1.12-1.62
- Young people	1.00	.79-1.27
- Elderly people	1.31	1.03-1.66
- Those with weak immunity	1.77**	1.29-2.41
b. Contrasting those who reported two or more avoidance behaviours (N = 838) versus those who did one or none (N = 127)
Variable	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval, significance
Anxiety	1.52*	1.17-1.98
Perceived probability of (personal) infection	2.07*	1.30-3.32
Mortality awareness	1.84**	1.31-2.57
Associations with H7N9
- Floating pigs	1.24	.99-1.57
- New migrants	1.07	.85-1.37
- Poor Chinese hygiene	1.54**	1.25-1.90
- Unhygienic poultry trade	1.14	.88-1.47
- Recent temperature fluctuations	1.09	.89-1.33
- Global climate change	1.16	.94-1.44
Risk group
- Regular contact with poultry	1.69	.99-2.88
- Migrants	1.22	.91-1.64
- Children	1.41*	1.09-1.81
- Young people	1.15	.81-1.62
- Elderly people	.92	.65-1.32
- Those with weak immunity	1.77*	1.21-2.60

Note For a) OR > 1 indicates more likely to report 2+ recommended behaviours; for b) OR > 1 indicates more likely to report 2+ non-recommended behaviours. All analyses control for age and sex.

*p < .01; ** p < .001.