Table 2.

Association between demographic characteristics and agreeing that too much fuss is being made about the risk of swine flu at three time points. Adjusted odds ratios are adjusted for gender, age, social grade, ethnicity, general health and presence of a chronic illness.

Variable	Levels	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for association with ‘too much fuss’ (1–17 May 2009)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for association with ‘too much fuss’ (10–26 July 2009)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for association with ‘too much fuss’ (8 Jan to 14 Feb 2010)
Gender	Male	1.27 (1.13–1.42, P < 0.001)	1.26 (1.08–1.47, P = 0.03)	1.15 (1.01–1.33, P = 0.04)
Female	Reference category	Reference category	Reference category
Age in years	16 to 24	0.75 (0.60–0.94, P = 0.01)	0.94 (0.69–1.27, P = 0.67)	0.81 (0.61–1.07, P = 0.14)
25 to 34	0.73 (0.59–0.89, P = 0.003)	0.85 (0.64–1.12, P = 0.24)	0.78 (0.60–1.002, P = 0.05)
35 to 54	0.82 (0.70–0.96, P = 0.01)	0.74 (0.60–0.90, P = 0.03)	0.77 (0.62–0.93, P = 0.007)
55 to 64	0.89 (0.75–1.07, P = 0.22)	0.98 (0.78–1.24, P = 0.89)	0.77 (0.62–0.94, P = 0.01)
65 or older	Reference category	Reference category	Reference category
Social grade	ABC1	1.17 (1.04–1.32, P = 0.01)	1.28 (1.09–1.50, P = 0.002)	1.01 (0.87–1.16, P = 0.93)
C2DE	Reference category	Reference category	Reference category
Ethnicity	White	1.42 (1.12–1.79, P = 0.003)	0.98 (0.72–1.34, P = 0.90)	1.02 (0.78–1.32, P = 0.91)
Other ethnicity	Reference category	Reference category	Reference category
General health status	Very good or good	1.19 (0.94–1.53, P = 0.15)	1.21 (0.90–1.64, P = 0.21)	1.01 (0.75–1.37, P = 0.94)
Fair	1.13 (0.88–1.46, P = 0.36)	1.20 (0.87–1.66, P = 0.26)	0.94 (0.69–1.29, P = 0.69)
Poor or very poor	Reference category	Reference category	Reference category
Presence of a chronic illness	Yes	0.89 (0.76–1.03, P = 0.89)	0.80 (0.65–0.97, P = 0.02)	0.85 (0.71–1.02, P = 0.08)
No	Reference category	Reference category	Reference category
I have had swine flu	Yes	Question not asked	Question not asked	0.85 (0.60–1.22, P = 0.39)
No	Question not asked	Question not asked	Reference category
My children have had swine flu (analyses restricted to parents)	Yes	Question not asked	Question not asked	1.40 (0.78–2.51, P = 0.25)
No	Question not asked	Question not asked	Reference category
Friends, colleagues or other family members have had swine flu	Yes	Question not asked	Question not asked	0.75 (0.65–0.88, P < 0.001)
No	Question not asked	Question not asked	Reference category
Do you work for NHS	Yes	Question not asked	0.78 (0.51–1.21, P = 0.27)	1.04 (0.78–1.39, P = 0.79)
No	Question not asked	Reference category	Reference category