Table 1.
Characteristics of Ebola survey participants – United States, 2015 (N = 1447).
| Characteristics | Total sample (n = 1447) No. (%)* or Mean (SD) |
Not willing to pay at least $1 (n = 583) No. (%)* or Mean (SD) |
Willing to pay at least $1 (864) No. (%)* or Mean (SD) |
Chi square or t-test p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||
| Age | 49.9 (17.1) | 50.95 (16.9) | 49.2 (17.3) | .062 |
| Sex | .138 | |||
| Male | 733 (50.7) | 306 (52.5) | 427 (49.4) | |
| Female | 714 (49.3) | 277 (47.5) | 437 (50.6) | |
| Race | .404 | |||
| White | 1064 (73.5) | 440 (75.5) | 624 (72.2) | |
| Black | 116 (8.0) | 41 (7.0) | 75 (8.7) | |
| Hispanic | 140 (9.7) | 50 (8.6) | 90 (10.4) | |
| Other | 127 (8.8) | 52 (8.9) | 75 (8.7) | |
| Education | .002 | |||
| Less than high school | 123 (8.5) | 51 (8.7) | 72 (8.3) | |
| High school | 396 (27.4) | 185 (31.7) | 211 (24.4) | |
| Some college | 420 (29.0) | 174 (29.8) | 246 (28.5) | |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 508 (35.1) | 173 (29.7) | 335 (38.8) | |
| Annual household income | .036 | |||
| $0–49,999 | 561 (38.8) | 249 (42.7) | 312 (36.1) | |
| $50,000–99,999 | 465 (32.1) | 179 (30.7) | 286 (33.1) | |
| $100,000 or more | 421 (29.1) | 155 (26.6) | 266 (30.8) | |
| Region | .436 | |||
| Northeast | 262 (18.1) | 117 (20.1 | 145 (16.8) | |
| Midwest | 331 (22.9) | 130 (22.3) | 201 (23.3) | |
| South | 526 (36.4) | 210 (36.0) | 316 (36.6) | |
| West | 328 (22.7) | 126 (21.6) | 202 (23.4) | |
| International travel in the past 12 months | <.001 | |||
| No | 1252 (86.5) | 532 (91.3) | 720 (83.4) | |
| Yes | 194 (13.4) | 51 (8.7) | 143 (16.6) | |
| Interested in getting an Ebola vaccine | <.001 | |||
| No | 945 (65.3) | 510 (87.9) | 435 (50.4) | |
| Yes | 498 (34.4) | 70 (12.1) | 428 (49.6) | |
| Ebola-related knowledge | 4.5 (2.2) | 4.3 (2.3) | 4.6 (2.1) | .012 |
| Ebola-driven behaviors | ||||
| Information seeking | 5.5 (1.6) | 5.3 (1.5) | 5.6 (1.6) | .002 |
| Hand hygiene | 5.4 (2.0) | 5.2 (1.9) | 5.5 (2.1) | .004 |
| Personal beliefs | ||||
| Perceived susceptibility to Ebola | 7.8 (3.2) | 7.5 (3.2) | 8.1 (3.2) | .003 |
| Perceived severity of Ebola | 19.0 (3.2) | 18.7 (3.3) | 19.2 (3.2) | .008 |
| Personal fear of Ebola | 12.4 (3.3) | 12.4 (3.3) | 12.4 (3.3) | .721 |
| National beliefs | ||||
| Support USG spending money to control Ebola | 11.2 (2.3) | 10.6 (2.4) | 11.6 (2.2) | <.001 |
| Support USG intervention to curb the Ebola epidemic internationally | 13.5 (3.2) | 12.7 (3.4) | 14.0 (3.0) | <.001 |
| National fear / isolationism | 19.2 (4.9) | 19.2 (5.0) | 19.1 (4.8) | .645 |
| Support USG leadership in Confronting emerging epidemics |
9.2 (2.4) | 8.7 (2.5) | 9.6 (2.3) | <.001 |
*
Percentages for some variables may not add to 100 due to missing data.