Table 3. Factors associated with resistance versus compliance, based on two putative indices of social resistance to EVD control efforts.
| Expressed support for incidents of overt hostility1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistant-support hostility (N = 60) | Compliant (N = 603) |
OR (95% CI) |
p-value |
aOR (95%CI) |
p-value | |
|
Age <25 years (ref: age≥25 years) |
17 (28%) | 123 (20%) | 1.5 (0.8–2.9) |
0.2 | - | |
|
Female Sex (ref: male) |
30 (50%) | 255 (42%) | 1.4 (0.77–2.4) |
0.31 | - | |
|
Education: secondary or higher (ref: primary or no formal education) |
52 (87%) | 571 (95%) | 0.37 (0.15–0.97) |
0.027 | 0.46 (0.20–1.2) |
0.086 |
|
Occupation: student (ref: other occupation) |
42 (70%) | 468 (78%) | 0.67 (0.37–1.3) |
0.24 | ||
|
High perceived risk of Ebola (ref: intermediate or low perceived risk) |
7 (12%) | 143 (24%) | 0.43 (0.16–0.97) | 0.049 | 0.45 (0.18–0.97) |
0.060 |
|
Denial of biomedical discourse (ref: no denial of biomedical discourse) |
21 (35%) | 56 (9%) | 5.2 (2.7–9.9) | <0.0001 | 3.8 (2.0–7.0) |
<0.0001 |
|
Dissatisfaction or mistrust of Ebola response team (ref: no dissatisfaction or mistrust of Ebola response team) |
55 (92%) | 424 (70%) | 4.6 (1.8–15) | 0.00075 | 3.6 (1.5–10) |
0.0089 |
| Non-compliant intention(s) in case of Ebola disease or death in family2 | ||||||
| Resistant-non-compliant (N = 102) | Compliant (N = 563) |
OR (95% CI) |
p-value |
aOR (95%CI) |
p-value | |
|
Age <25 years (ref: age≥25 years) |
25 (25%) | 117 (21%) | 1.2 (0.72–2.1) |
0.48 | ||
|
Female Sex (ref: male) |
49 (48%) | 239 (42%) | 1.3 (0.8–2) |
0.35 | ||
|
Education: secondary or above (ref: primary or no formal education) |
86 (84%) | 539 (96%) | 0.24 (0.12–0.5) |
<0.0001 | 0.28 (0.14–0.58) |
0.00026 |
|
Occupation: student (ref: other occupation) |
73 (72%) | 437 (78%) | 0.73 (0.44–1.2) |
0.23 | ||
|
High perceived risk of Ebola (ref: intermediate or low perceived risk) |
22 (22%) | 129 (23%) | 0.93 (0.53–1.6) |
0.87 | ||
|
Denial of biomedical discourse (ref: no denial of biomedical discourse) |
30 (29%) | 48 (9%) | 4.5 (2.6–7.7) |
<0.0001 | 3.7 (2.1–6.3) |
<0.0001 |
|
Dissatisfaction or mistrust of Ebola response team (ref: no dissatisfaction or mistrust of Ebola response team) |
86 (85%) | 392 (70%) | 2.5 (1.4–4.8) |
0.0021 | 1.9 (1.1–3.6) |
0.035 |
Values represent n (%), unless otherwise specified.