Table 3.
Amount of SARS information received (n, %, little and much) from various sources, and confidence in the sources (n, %, little, much), Finns n = 308, the Dutch n = 373 (unadjusted)
| Source | Received | Chi square/p | Confidence | Chi square/p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finns n (%) | Dutch n (%) | Finns n (%) | Dutch n (%) | |||
| Newspapers | ||||||
| Little | 102 (33.1) | 167 (44.9) | 9.772 | 93 (30.2) | 182 (49.2) | 25.15 |
| Much | 206 (66.9) | 205 (55.1) | p = 0.002 | 215 (69.8) | 188 (50.8) | p < 0.001 |
| Magazines | ||||||
| Little | 264 (85.7) | 311 (87.4) | 0.385 | 207 (67.2) | 278 (74.5) | 10.35 |
| Much | 44 (14.3) | 45 (12.6) | p = 0.535 | 101 (32.8) | 95 (25.5) | p < 0.001 |
| TV | ||||||
| Little | 48 (15.6) | 104 (28.0) | 15.01 | 93 (30.2) | 162 (43.9) | 13.44 |
| Much | 260 (84.4) | 267 (72.0) | p < 0.001 | 215 (69.8) | 207 (56.1) | p < 0.001 |
| Internet | ||||||
| Little | 271 (88.0) | 273 (76.5) | 14.73 | 235 (76.3) | 235 (63.0) | 7.007 |
| Much | 37 (12.0) | 84 (23.5) | p < 0.001 | 73 (23.7) | 138 (37.0) | p = 0.008 |
| Health officials | ||||||
| Little | 284 (92.2) | 343 (95.8) | 3.897 | 46 (14.9) | 182 (48.8) | 98.80 |
| Much | 24 (7.8) | 15 (4.2) | p = 0.048 | 262 (85.1) | 191 (51.2) | p < 0.001 |
| Doctor | ||||||
| Little | 293 (95.1) | 354 (98.9) | 8.413 | 48 (15.6) | 190 (50.9) | 107.6 |
| Much | 15 (4.9) | 4 (1.1) | p = 0.004 | 260 (84.4) | 183 (45.4) | p < 0.001 |
| Friends | ||||||
| Little | 293 (95.1) | 338 (94.4) | 0.171 | 266 (86.4) | 305 (87.4) | 0.152 |
| Much | 15 (4.9) | 20 (5.6) | p = 0.680 | 42 (13.6) | 44 (12.6) | p < 0.696 |