Table IV.

Factors associated with avoidance of recovered SARS patients: univariate analysis of sociodemographic factors

	Avoidance response to at least one item		Discriminatory response to at least one job-related item		Total number of avoidance items			Total number of job-related discriminatory items
	%	OR (95% CI)	%	OR (95% CI)	Mean	SD	P value	Mean	SD	P value
Gender
Male	16.9%	1.00	38.6%	1.00	0.5	1.4	0.624	1.2	1.7	0.076
Female	16.4%	0.94 (0.59, 1.58)	33.2%	0.79 (0.54, 1.16)	0.5	1.5		0.9	1.5
Age group (years)
18–29	7.8%	1.00	28.2%	1.00	0.2	1.0	0.060	0.7	1.4	0.069
30–44	16.6%	2.36 (1.04, 5.35)	38.5%	1.60 (0.95, 2.69)	0.6	1.6		1.1	1.6
45–60	22.2%	3.38 (1.51, 7.59)	37.1%	1.51 (0.89, 2.57)	0.6	1.5		1.2	1.7
Education level
9 years or below	22.1%	1.00	30.1%	1.00	0.6	1.5	0.522	0.8	1.4	0.058
10–12 years	14.6%	0.61 (0.35, 1.06)	39.0%	1.48 (0.94, 2.35)	0.5	1.5		1.2	1.7
University	13.9%	0.57 (0.29, 1.11)	36.5%	1.33 (0.79, 2.26)	0.4	1.3		1.0	1.5
Marital status
Single	10.7%	1.00	26.0%	1.00	0.3	1.1	0.045	0.6	1.3	<0.001
Married	18.8%	1.93 (1.04, 3.59)	39.7%	1.88 (1.20, 2.94)	0.6	1.6		1.2	1.7
Employment status
Full time	15.6%	1.00	33.8%	1.00	0.4	1.3	0.218	1.0	1.6	0.197
Housewife/students	16.2%	1.04 (0.59, 1.85)	36.9%	1.14 (0.74, 1.77)	0.5	1.5		1.0	1.5
Others	21.3%	1.47 (0.73, 2.95)	41.0%	1.36 (0.77, 2.40)	0.8	1.8		1.4	1.8
Monthly income (HKD)
4000 and less	17.3%	1.00	34.0%	1.00	0.6	1.6	0.687	1.0	1.5	0.486
4001–12 000	12.3%	0.67 (0.36, 1.25)	36.4%	1.11 (0.71, 1.76)	0.4	1.3		1.2	1.7
12 001–20 000	19.4%	1.16 (0.56, 2.35)	45.8%	1.65 (0.93, 2.90)	0.6	1.5		1.1	1.5
20 001 and more	25.6%	1.65 (0.74, 3.65)	23.3%	0.59 (0.27, 1.28)	0.6	1.5		0.8	1.6