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. 2020 Dec 13;13:100717. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100717

Table 3.

Logistic regression estimates predicting fear and threat of coronavirus to individuals and their families, the immune compromised, and the elderly

Source: DoF Survey.

Perceived fear
Personal threat
Immune Threat
Elderly threat
OR(SE) [95% CI] OR(SE) [95% CI] OR(SE) [95% CI] OR(SE) [95% CI]
Race/ethnicity
 Black 1.03 (.10) [0.85, 1.25] 1.20 (.13)+ [0.97, 1.49] 0.50 (.07)*** [0.38, 0.64] 0.67 (.09)** [0.52, 0.87]
 Latina/o 1.38 (.14)**[1.13, 1.70] 1.33 (.13)** [1.09, 1.63] 0.70 (.10)** [0.54, 0.92] 1.00 (.14) [0.75, 1.34]
 Asian American 1.52 (.20)*** [1.18, 1.98] 0.93 (.13) [0.70, 1.22] 0.81 (.18) [0.52, 1.24] 1.10 (.21) [ 0.75, 1.61]
Gender
 Female 1.22 (.07)*** [1.09, 1.37] 0.93 (.06) [0.82, 1.04] 1.37 (.13)** [1.12, 1.66] 1.21(.11)* [ 1.02, 1.44]
Age
 30-49 1.53 (.15)*** [1.27, 1.84] 1.37 (.14)** [1.13, 1.66] 1.35 (.19)* [1.02, 1.78] 1.14 (.17) [0.85, 1.53]
 50-64 1.62 (.15)*** [1.34, 1.95] 1.15 (.11) [0.95, 1.40] 2.23 (.30)*** [1.72, 2.90] 1.48 (.19)** [1.14, 1.91]
 65+ 1.55 (.15)*** [1.28, 1.86] 1.04 (.11) [0.85, 1.28] 2.47 (.36)*** [1.86, 3.29] 0.96 (.13) [0.74, 1.24]
Nativity
 Foreign born 1.16 (.15) [0.90, 1.51] 1.21 (.16) [0.94, 1.55] 0.75 (.13)+ [0.53, 1.05] 0.77(.14) [0.53, 1.10]
Citizenship
 Citizen 1.24 (.26) [0.82, 1.87] 1.24 (.27) [0.81, 1.89] 1.51 (.47) [0.82, 2.78] 1.45 (.47) [0.77, 2.75]
Region
 Northeast 1.44 (.13)*** [1.21, 1.72] 1.16 (.11) [0.96, 1.40] 1.19 (.17) [0.90, 1.59] 1.24 (.16) [0.96, 1.60]
 Midwest 1.16 (.10)+ [0.98, 1.38] 1.01 (.10) [0.84, 1.22] 1.03 (.15) [0.77, 1.37] 1.02 (.13) 0.79, 1.32]
 South 1.13 (.10) [0.97, 1.34] 1.07 (.09) [0.90, 1.27] 1.07(.15) [0.82, 1.39] 1.05 (.14) [0.81, 1.36]
Education
 High school 1.20 (.09)* [1.04, 1.38] 1.106378 .0811789 0.88 (.11) [0.69, 1.12] 0.86 (.09) [0.70, 1.05]
 Some college 1.00 (.06) [0.87, 1.14] 1.019976 .0701935 1.06 (.12) [0.84, 1.33] 1.12 (.11) [0.93, 1.34]
Income
 <$30,000 0.96 (.07) [0.83, 1.12] 1.01 (.08) [0.86, 1.19] 0.81 (.11) [0.62, 1.06] 0.84 (.10) [0.66, 1.06]
 $30,000 to <$50,000 0.95 (.09) [0.79, 1.13] 0.92 (.09) [0.77, 1.11] 0.91 (.13) [0.68, 1.20] 0.93 (.11) [0.74, 1.17]
 $50,000 to <$75,000 0.95 (.07) [0.81, 1.10] 0.90 (.08) [0.76, 1.06] 1.02 (.14) [0.77, 1.34] 0.95 (.11) [0.76, 1.20]
Marital Status
 Married 1.21 (.08)** [1.07, 1.37] 1.25 (.09)*** [1.09, 1.43] 1.07 (.10) [0.89, 1.28] 1.11 (.10) [0.94, 1.32]
Party affiliation
 Democrat/leaning 1.74 (.10)*** [1.56, 1.95] 1.45 (.09)*** [1.28, 1.64] 1.61 (.17)*** [1.30, 1.99] 1.75 (.16)*** [1.46, 2.10]
Constant 0.23 (.05)*** [0.15, 0.37] 0.23 (.06)*** [0.14, 0.38] 2.89 (1.03)** [1.44, 5.81] 2.90 (1.06)*** [1.42, 5.93]
10,368 10,368 10,368 10,368