Table 2.
Association between awareness of the communication messages regarding past pandemic outbreaks, social and individual determinants, and (i) awareness to information about MERS and (ii) knowledge about MERS
|
Awareness of MERS |
Knowledge about MERS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted percenta (n = 627) | OR | P value | 95% CI | Weighted percenta (n = 144) | OR | P value | 95% CI | |
| Awareness of previous pandemic outbreaks in the past 10 years | ||||||||
| Low (heard of ≤2 outbreaks) | 20 | 1 (reference) | 2 | 1 (reference) | ||||
| Medium (heard of 3 outbreaks) | 28 | 9.82 | <0.001 | 3.01–32.03 | 22 | 21.15 | <0.001 | 4.28–104.45 |
| High (heard of all 4 outbreaks) | 52 | 20.08 | <0.001 | 7.23–55.79 | 76 | 11.69 | <0.005 | 2.68–51.02 |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||||
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–29 | 20 | 1 (reference) | 18 | 1 (reference) | ||||
| 30–39 | 15 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.28–2.85 | 13 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.14–7.27 |
| 40–49 | 20 | 0.54 | 0.31 | 0.16–1.77 | 13 | 9.55 | 0.03 | 1.28–71.27 |
| 50–59 | 20 | 1.26 | 0.67 | 0.44–3.60 | 22 | 7.00 | 0.08 | 0.77–63.25 |
| 60+ | 26 | 1.48 | 0.45 | 0.53–4.09 | 34 | 7.81 | 0.01 | 1.53–39.90 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 49 | 1 (reference) | 50 | 1 (reference) | ||||
| Female | 51 | 0.87 | 0.69 | 0.45–1.71 | 50 | 2.04 | 0.26 | 0.59–6.99 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
| NH White | 69 | 1 (reference) | 82 | 1 (reference) | ||||
| NH Black | 14 | 0.36 | <0.005 | 0.19–0.70 | 7 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.03–0.57 |
| Hispanic | 17 | 0.46 | 0.03 | 0.23–0.91 | 11 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.24–3.41 |
| Social economic positions | ||||||||
| Education | ||||||||
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 29 | 1 (reference) | 35 | 1 (reference) | ||||
| Some college | 29 | 1.26 | 0.59 | 0.54–2.96 | 34 | 1.57 | 0.58 | 0.31–7.84 |
| High school | 30 | 0.54 | 0.29 | 0.17–1.68 | 16 | 0.37 | 0.16 | 0.09–1.48 |
| Less than high school | 12 | 1.42 | 0.57 | 0.43–4.70 | 15 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.02–1.62 |
| Household income | ||||||||
| ≥$50 000 | 58 | 1 (reference) | 69 | 1 (reference) | ||||
| $30 000–$49 999 | 17 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.32–2.37 | 17 | 1.50 | 0.64 | 0.27–8.42 |
| $15 000–$29 999 | 14 | 0.45 | 0.20 | 0.14–1.50 | 8 | 1.51 | 0.62 | 0.30–7.64 |
| ≤$14 999 | 10 | 0.75 | 0.45 | 0.36–1.57 | 6 | 0.74 | 0.61 | 0.23–2.38 |
aThe columns of the table add up to 100% (there might be a very slight discrepancy due to rounding). Bold values are statistically significant at P < 0.05.