Table 4.
Information access, use, and trust, by cluster (n = 1166).
| Characteristics | Disengaged Skeptics Cluster (n = 777) (%) | Informed Unconvinced Cluster (n = 226) (%) | Open to Persuasion Cluster (n = 163) (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of days in past week… (mean, SD) * | ||||
| Read a newspaper | 1.5 (2.4) | 2.5 (2.7) | 1.5 (2.1) | <0.0001 |
| Watched the national news on television | 2.8 (2.7) | 3.9 (2.8) | 3.8 (2.8) | <0.0001 |
| Watched the local news on television | 3.4 (2.7) | 4.7 (2.5) | 4.4 (2.6) | <0.0001 |
| Read news on the Internet | 1.9 (2.6) | 2.0 (2.6) | 1.7 (2.4) | 0.4396 |
| Source from which most information was received about the H1N1 outbreak | 0.0013 | |||
| Local television news | 43.3 | 36.9 | 36.2 | |
| National network television news | 16.1 | 27.1 | 22.1 | |
| Cable network television news station | 4.3 | 2.7 | 6.8 | |
| Non-English speaking television station | 3.0 | 1.8 | 3.7 | |
| National newspaper | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
| Local newspaper | 4.8 | 6.7 | 1.2 | |
| Radio | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | |
| Internet | 9.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | |
| Family member or friend | 5.6 | 2.2 | 4.3 | |
| Doctor, nurse or other medical professional | 7.2 | 10.7 | 14.1 | |
| Trust in source from which most H1N1 information was received | 0.0011 | |||
| Reported trust | 53.2 | 64.2 | 65.0 | |
| Level of attention paid to the news on H1N1 outbreak, scale of 0 (no attention) to 10 (a lot of attention) * | <0.0001 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 5.7 (2.5) | 6.2 (2.1) | 7.4 (2.5) | |
| Access to the Internet | 58.9 | 62.4 | 37.4 | <0.0001 |
| Have a social networking profile | 0.0234 | |||
| Yes | 42.8 | 42.2 | 31.3 |
* ANOVA tests for three-way comparisons of means.