Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the variables included in the analysis
| Cities SARS occurred | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Total | |
| Age | |||
| Mean | 42.92 | 44.03 | 43.82 |
| N | 324 | 1,360 | 1,684 |
| Gender* | |||
| Female | 56.25 | 46.48 | 48.38 |
| Male | 43.75 | 53.52 | 51.62 |
| N | 336 | 1,394 | 1,730 |
| Education* | |||
| Less than elementary | 4.19 | 6.05 | 5.69 |
| Completed elementary | 6.29 | 14.77 | 13.12 |
| Completed junior high | 8.38 | 14.63 | 13.41 |
| Completed senior high | 31.14 | 33.36 | 32.93 |
| Completed junior college | 19.76 | 14.63 | 15.62 |
| Completed university | 30.24 | 16.57 | 19.22 |
| N | 334 | 1,388 | 1,722 |
| Family income* | |||
| Less than NT20,000 | 5.67 | 11.14 | 10.08 |
| NT20,000–NT49,999 | 22.99 | 30.55 | 29.08 |
| NT50,000–NT99,999 | 46.57 | 40.76 | 41.89 |
| NT100,000–NT150,000 | 12.54 | 8.63 | 9.39 |
| More than NT150,000 | 12.24 | 8.91 | 9.56 |
| N | 335 | 1,391 | 1,726 |
| Marital status* | |||
| Married/Cohabiting | 71.26 | 74.8 | 74.11 |
| Single | 22.75 | 19.65 | 20.26 |
| Widowed | 3.89 | 3.53 | 3.6 |
| Divorced | 2.1 | 2.02 | 2.03 |
| N | 334 | 1,389 | 1,723 |
| Carried out collective preventive preparation according to suggested guidelines* | |||
| All followed | 6.85 | 8.18 | 7.92 |
| Most followed | 59.8 | 53.3 | 54.57 |
| Some followed | 14.58 | 12.34 | 12.77 |
| Few followed | 3.57 | 3.8 | 5.76 |
| Not familiar the guidelines | 15.18 | 22.38 | 20.98 |
| N | 336 | 1,390 | 1,726 |
| Perception of Whether the community took good care of SARS patients and individuals who were quarantined* | |||
| Very adequate | 4.17 | 8.06 | 7.30 |
| Adequate | 25.3 | 26.98 | 26.65 |
| Inadequate | 42.26 | 37.05 | 38.06 |
| Completely inadequate | 18.75 | 15.4 | 16.05 |
| Don’t Know | 9.52 | 12.52 | 11.94 |
| N | 336 | 1,390 | 1,726 |
| Trust level* | |||
| Very high | 8.63 | 11.42 | 10.88 |
| High | 38.39 | 31.97 | 33.22 |
| Not high | 32.14 | 30.03 | 30.44 |
| Not high at all | 13.99 | 16.88 | 16.32 |
| Don’t know | 6.85 | 9.7 | 9.14 |
| N | 336 | 1,392 | 1,728 |
| People in the community help one another* | |||
| Always | 12.8 | 15.01 | 14.58 |
| Depends on occasion | 58.33 | 54.74 | 55.44 |
| No | 27.68 | 26.08 | 26.39 |
| Don’t know | 1.19 | 4.17 | 3.59 |
| N | 336 | 1,392 | 1,728 |
Taipei and Kaohsiung were cities where SARS cases were found
* Significant at 0.05 level