Table III.

The odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for preferred source of information based on the univariate multinomial logistic regression models (MOH as a reference)

Characteristics	Physician OR (95% CI)	Health care workers OR (95% CI)	Friends and family OR (95% CI)	Other OR (95% CI)
Gender
Female	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Male	0.7 (0.4–1.1)	1.3 (0.6–2.1)	0.9 (0.5–1.3)	1.2 (0.7–2.2)
Age (years)
≤27	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
>27	0.6 (0.4–1.0)	1.7 (1.0–2.8)	1.1 (0.7–1.8)	0.7 (0.4–1.2)
Education
≤High school	—	—	—	—
>High school	—	—	—	—
Income
≤7000 SARs	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
>7000 SARs	0.8 (0.4–1.3)	1.1 (0.6–2.1)	0.6 (0.3–1.0)	0.9 (0.5–1.7)
Region of residence
Central Riyadh	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
North Riyadh	2.5 (0.5–12.5)	1.4 (0.4–5.0)	0.8 (0.3–2.2)	1.1 (0.2–5.7)
South Riyadh	6.4 (1.2–35.1)	1.4 (0.3–6.1)	1.2 (0.4–4.1)	2.1 (0.4–12.9)
East Riyadh	3.1 (0.6–14.8)	1.3 (0.4–4.3)	1.1 (0.4–2.9)	1.5 (0.3–7.3)
West Riyadh	4.2 (6.7–23.6)	1.7 (0.4–7.2)	1.0 (0.4–7.2)	0.8 (0.1–5.2)
Transmission mode
Not knowledgeable	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Knowledgeable	1.7 (0.8–3.5)	2.2 (1.0–5.0)	1.1 (0.6–2.1)	1.4 (0.6–3.0)
Worry of infection
A bit worried/not worried	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Very worried/worried	1.2 (0.6–2.4)	2.5 (1.4–4.6)	1.8 (1.0–3.0)	1.9 (0.6–2.1)
Participants’ estimates of fatality rate
Below actual range	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Within range (25–50%)	1.5 (0.8–2.8)	1.2 (0.7–2.5)	1.4 (0.8–2.8)	4.6 (2.0–10.4)
Above range	0.4 (0.2–0.9)	0.6 (0.3–1.2)	0.8 (0.4–1.6)	0.7 (0.3–1.9)

OR, odds ratio; SARs, Saudi riyals.