Table 3.
Associations between perceptions and outbreaks of ASF
| Statementa | Perceptionb | |
|---|---|---|
| Second occasionc | Third Occasionc | |
| General biosecurity | ||
| I think it is possible to protect my pigs from getting ASFd by improving farm bio security | ||
| ASF outbreak second interview occasion | 4/3.40** | 4/3.73 |
| No ASF outbreak second interview occasion | 4/3.83 | 4/3.79 |
| ASF outbreak third interview occasion | NA | 4/3.43** |
| No ASF outbreak third interview occasion | NA | 4/3.84 |
| Control interventions | ||
| I would be happy to buy pork products from a slaughterhouse that receive pigs that have been in contact with pigs dying from ASF | ||
| ASF outbreak second interview occasion | 2/2.13* | 2/1.73 |
| No ASF outbreak second interview occasion | 2/1.71 | 2/1.66 |
| ASF outbreak third interview occasion | NA | 2/2.00* |
| No ASF outbreak third interview occasion | NA | 2, 1.62 |
* = p = 0.1; ** = p < 0.05
aAssociations consistent over the two interview occasions are shown
bPerceptions were measured as agreements with given statements according to a Likert-scale with five levels: strongly agree = 5; agree = 4; neither agree nor disagree = 3; Disagree = 2; Strongly disagree = 1. Associations were evaluated using the Kruskal Wallis test
cMedian/mean
dASF African swine fever