Table 3.
Univariate distribution and multivariate odds ratios for exposure to television or radio programs on NCDs during the past 12 months and willingness to receive health-related SMSc or email, by sex, age and socioeconomic status (Seychelles, N=1240, 2013–2014).
| Population characteristic | Viewed a program on television | Listened a program on radio | Would like to receive SMS messages | Would like to receive email messages | |||||
| % | aORd | % | aOR | % | aOR | % | aOR | ||
| Total | 83.6 | 59.7 | 84.5 | 41.0 | |||||
| Sex | |||||||||
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Male | 79.3 | 1 | 57.8 | 1 | 80.7 | 1 | 36.4 | 1 |
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Female | 87.8 | 1.92 e | 61.6 | 1.08 | 88.4 | 2.73 | 45.3 | 1.65 |
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P value | <.001 | .2 | <.001 | .006 | ||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||
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25–34 | 70.1 | 1 | 43.8 | 1 | 91.5 | 1 | 49.5 | 1 |
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35–44 | 87.2 | 2.76 | 55.2 | 1.66 | 87.1 | 0.65 | 43.7 | 0.61 |
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45–54 | 90.0 | 3.62 | 71.7 | 3.41 | 86.3 | 0.85 | 39.9 | 0.54 |
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55–64 | 88.9 | 3.20 | 76.6 | 3.88 | 65.2 | 0.33 | 19.7 | 0.26 |
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P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| Education | |||||||||
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Did not complete obligatory | 86.0 | 1 | 80.0 | 1 | 51.1 | 1 | 10.3 | 1 |
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Obligatory | 87.1 | 1.27 | 62.0 | 0.72 | 83.0 | 2.57 | 21.5 | 0.65 |
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Vocational | 74.1 | 0.84 | 52.7 | 0.80 | 90.1 | 3.63 | 32.4 | 1.04 |
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Polytechnic | 81.7 | 1.09 | 55.6 | 0.96 | 93.4 | 5.98 | 67.5 | 1.56 |
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University | 84.7 | 1.47 | 51.9 | 0.79 | 83.2 | 3.61 | 93.3 | 4.93 |
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P value | .85 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| Annual income (Seychelles rupees) | |||||||||
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<3000 | 85.5 | 1 | 75.7 | 1 | 60.1 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 |
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3000–5000 | 85.3 | 1.31 | 64.5 | 0.88 | 84.5 | 2.37 | 20.6 | 0.92 |
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5000–8000 | 82.6 | 1.17 | 56.7 | 0.69 | 87.7 | 2.62 | 34.7 | 1.26 |
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8000–15,000 | 82.9 | 1.22 | 55.6 | 0.69 | 89.3 | 2.22 | 63.3 | 2.29 |
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≥15,000 | 82.3 | 0.81 | 52.0 | 0.46 | 83.5 | 1.99 | 82.8 | 5.94 |
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P value | .55 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| Occupation | |||||||||
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Nonqualified laborer | 85.8 | 1 | 72.3 | 1 | 69.4 | 1 | 3.90 | 1 |
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Semiqualified manual | 83.0 | 1.21 | 60.2 | 0.75 | 88.1 | 3.34 | 23.6 | 5.91 |
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Qualified manual | 77.3 | 0.97 | 51.3 | 0.57 | 82.5 | 1.73 | 33.7 | 6.46 |
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Semiqualified nonmanual | 86.0 | 1.06 | 54.0 | 0.55 | 93.5 | 3.08 | 59.0 | 16.7 |
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Qualified professional | 83.4 | 0.96 | 56.7 | 0.64 | 87.2 | 1.30 | 82.0 | 25.4 |
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P value | .49 | <.001 | .001 | <.001 | ||||
aWald test for univariate differences between the first and last categories of each socioeconomic variable.
bNCDs: noncommunicable diseases.
cSMS: short message service.
dMultivariate odds ratios are adjusted (aOR) to all socioeconomic variables (sex, age, education, income, and occupation) with the reference categories identified as 1.
eCoefficients with P <.05 are represented in italics.