Table 4.
Precautionary practices against A(H7N9) influenza in Guangzhou, 17–24 June 2013
| Items |
Education |
Income per capita |
Living area |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower than college graduate | College graduate and higher | χ2 | p | Less than $6,000 | >$6,000 | χ2 | P | Suburban or rural | Downtown | χ2 | P | |
|
Did you recently search some information about H7N9? (response = “yes”) |
581 (76.35%) |
498 (72.28%) |
3.14 |
0.08 |
530 (72.80%) |
549 (76.40%) |
1.99 |
0.16 |
411 (73.66%) |
663 (75.08%) |
0.37 |
0.54 |
| If yes, what methods did you use to get information? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Use internet |
418 (71.94%) |
412 (82.73%) |
17.6 |
0.00* |
414 (78.11%) |
416 (75.77%) |
0.83 |
0.36 |
325 (79.08%) |
502 (75.72%) |
1.62 |
0.20 |
| Watch TV |
398 (68.50%) |
331 (66.47%) |
0.51 |
0.48 |
343 (64.72%) |
386 (70.31%) |
3.87 |
0.04* |
282 (68.61%) |
445 (67.12%) |
0.26 |
0.61 |
| Read newspaper |
324 (55.77%) |
283 (56.83%) |
0.12 |
0.73 |
308 (58.11%) |
299 (54.46%) |
1.46 |
0.23 |
227 (55.23%) |
377 (56.86%) |
0.27 |
0.60 |
| Ask friends |
123 (21.17%) |
104 (20.88%) |
0.01 |
0.90 |
118 (22.26%) |
109 (19.85%) |
0.94 |
0.33 |
90 (21.90%) |
136 (20.51%) |
0.29 |
0.59 |
| Listen to the radio |
81 (13.94%) |
67 (13.45%) |
0.05 |
0.81 |
68 (12.83%) |
80 (14.57%) |
0.69 |
0.41 |
60 (14.60%) |
87 (13.12%) |
0.47 |
0.49 |
| Consult doctor |
84 (14.46%) |
54 (10.84%) |
3.14 |
0.07 |
68 (12.83%) |
70 (12.75%) |
0.00 |
0.97 |
59 (14.36%) |
77 (11.61%) |
1.72 |
0.19 |
|
Have you injected flu vaccine in the past 3 years? (response = “yes”) |
260 (34.17%) |
221 (32.08%) |
0.71 |
0.40 |
231 (31.73%) |
250 (34.63%) |
1.37 |
0.24 |
203 (36.38%) |
276 (31.26%) |
4.04 |
0.04* |
|
After emergence of H7N9, what protective measures have you taken? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Washed hands more often than usual |
605 (79.50%) |
566 (82.15%) |
1.63 |
0.20 |
576 (79.12%) |
595 (82.41%) |
2.52 |
0.11 |
448 (80.29%) |
717 (81.20%) |
0.18 |
0.67 |
| Ventilate room more frequency |
247 (36.01%) |
265 (38.46%) |
0.93 |
0.33 |
485 (66.62%) |
505 (69.94%) |
1.85 |
0.17 |
391 (70.07%) |
592 (67.04%) |
1.45 |
0.23 |
| Cancelled or postponed social events |
353 (46.39%) |
354 (51.38%) |
3.60 |
0.06 |
369 (50.69%) |
338 (46.81%) |
2.18 |
0.14 |
271 (48.57%) |
430 (48.70%) |
0.00 |
0.96 |
| Bought some drugs for preparation |
311 (40.87%) |
271 (39.33%) |
0.35 |
0.55 |
301 (41.35%) |
281 (38.92%) |
0.89 |
0.35 |
218 (39.07%) |
359 (40.66%) |
0.36 |
0.55 |
| No longer bought poultries to eat |
274 (36.01%) |
265 (38.46%) |
0.93 |
0.33 |
253 (34.75%) |
286 (39.61%) |
3.66 |
0.06 |
221 (39.61%) |
315 (35.67%) |
2.26 |
0.13 |
| Reduced the amount I go into shops | 207 (27.20%) | 209 (30.33%) | 0.17 | 0.19 | 215 (29.53%) | 201 (27.84%) | 0.51 | 0.48 | 162 (29.03%) | 251 (28.43%) | 0.06 | 0.80 |
*P < 0.05.