Table 3.

Factors associated with emergency preparedness: results of logistic regression models (n=3541)

Independent variable	N	N (%) of well prepared	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Gender
Male (reference)	1614	169 (10.5)	1.134 (0.949 to 1.356)	0.167
Female	1927	183 (9.5)
Age (years)
18–24 (reference)	359	67 (1.9)
25–44	1882	371 (10.5)	0.773 (0.539 to 1.110)	0.440
45–64	994	161 (4.6)	0.939 (0.666 to 1.322)	0.716
>64	282	51 (1.5)	0.846 (0.553 to 1.829)	0.440
Education*
Secondary education or below	1325	257 (7.3)	0.757 (0.591 to 0.970)	0.028
High school education	740	123 (3.5)	0.826 (0.677 to 1.007)	0.059
College or above (reference)	1476	275 (7.8)
Residency
Urban	2277	236 (10.4)	1.142 (0.940 to 1.382)	0.181
Rural (reference)	1264	116 (9.2)
Region*
Beijing (reference)	988	48 (4.9)
Heilongjiang	862	91 (10.6)	3.409 (2.531 to 4.592)	0.000
Guangdong	811	92 (11.3)	3.890 (2.910 to 5.199)	0.000
Sichuan	880	121 (13.8)	3.450 (2.574 to 4.625)	0.000
Monthly household income (¥)
0–3499 (reference)	987	191 (5.4)
3500+	2554	464 (13.1)	1.202 (0.972 to 1.486)	0.089
Prior exposure to emergency events*
Yes	1332	155 (11.6)	1.280 (1.042 to 1.571)	0.019
No (reference)	2209	197 (8.9)
Participation in emergency training* last year
Yes	957	158 (16.5)	2.299 (1.902 to 2.779)	0.000
No (reference)	2584	194 (7.5）
Emergency knowledge score*
>Average	3127	333 (10.6)	2.043 (1.460 to 2.859)	0.000
≤Average (reference)	414	19 (4.6)
Risk awareness score
>Average	1302	145 (11.1)	1.047 (0.866 to 1.265)	0.638
≤Average (reference)	2239	207 (9.2)
Attitudes towards emergency preparedness*
>Average	1947	216 (11.1)	1.286 (1.067 to 1.575)	0.011
≤Average (reference)	1594	136 (8.5)
Self-reliance*
>Average	2378	263 (11.1)	1.349 (1.059 to 1.562)	0.018
≤Average (reference)	1163	86 (7.4)
Fate submissiveness*
>Average (reference)	431	31 (7.2)
≤Average	3110	321 (10.3)	1.385 (1.028 to 1.868)	0.033
Constants			0.015	0.000

*P<0.05 in univariate χ² tests.