Table 2. Univariate analysis of socio-demographic characteristics associated with the use of the internet to seek information regarding chikungunya.
| Variable | Use of the internet | 95% CI for exp b | P-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Users n (%) | Total number of subjects | Crude OR | |||
| Age (years)3 | 52 (15.4) | 337 | 0.95 | 0.93–0.97 | < 0.001* |
| Gender3 | |||||
| Male | 7 (7.7) | 91 | 1 | - | - |
| Female | 45 (18.3) | 246 | 2.69 | 1.16–6.20 | 0.02* |
| Education3 | 0.02* | ||||
| Illiterate and primary school | 4 (5.0) | 80 | 1 | - | - |
| Secondary school | 21 (16.5) | 127 | 3.76 | 1.24–11.41 | 0.02* |
| Intermediate vocational school | 15 (18.1) | 83 | 4.19 | 1.33–13.24 | 0.01* |
| Higher vocational education | 12 (25.5) | 47 | 6.51 | 1.96–21.63 | < 0.001* |
| Occupation1,3 | 0.01* | ||||
| Unemployed | 7 (11.1) | 63 | 1 | - | - |
| Paid job (manual) | 25 (17.5) | 143 | 1.69 | 0.69–4.15 | 0.25 |
| Paid job (not manual) | 17 (25.4) | 67 | 2.72 | 1.04–7.10 | 0.04* |
| Retired | 3 (4.7) | 64 | 0.39 | 0.10–1.60 | 0.19 |
| Income (ANG/month)2,4 | 0.17 | ||||
| 0–999 | 3 (8.6) | 35 | 1 | - | - |
| 1000–2499 | 16 (11.9) | 135 | 1.43 | 0.39–5.23 | 0.58 |
| 2500–4999 | 21 (17.8) | 118 | 2.31 | 0.65–8.26 | 0.20 |
| ≥5000 | 10 (23.3) | 43 | 3.23 | 0.81–12.83 | 0.09* |
1The variable unemployed includes student, housewife and volunteer.
2Antillean Guilders, 1 ANG = 0.54 USA dollars and 0.47 EUR.
3For two participants the data regarding internet usage was missing. These two participants were excluded from the data analysis (n = 337).
4For eight participants the data regarding internet usage was missing. These eight participants were excluded from the data analysis (n = 331).
*Significance was determined at an alpha level of 0.10.