Table 5.

Analysis of socio-demographic factors of respondents at Release site 1_BH, their perception towards Government’s efforts, their awareness of the dengue situation, and their attitude towards Wolbachia release

	Positive attitude towards male Wolbachia-Aedes release (very comfortable/comfortable)				High awareness of dengue (feels that dengue is a serious problem/serious problem but under control)
	N	n (%)	Odds Ratio [95% CI]	p-value	N	n (%)	Odds Ratio [95% CI]	p-value
Gender
Male	52	40 (77%)	Reference		52	38 (73%)	Reference
Female	61	39 (64%)	0.53 [0.35,0.81]	0.14	61	38 (62%)	0.61 [0.40, 0.92]	0.225
Age (years)
≤35	20	15 (75%)	Reference		20	14 (70%)	Reference
36–55	40	27 (68%)	0.69 [0.37,1.28]	0.55	40	33 (83%)	2.02 [1.06,3.84]	0.27
>55	53	37 (70%)	0.77 [0.42,1.40]	0.66	53	29 (55%)	0.52 [0.30,0.91]	0.24
Education level
PSLE and below	15	11 (73%)	Reference		15	6 (40%)	Reference
‘O’/ ‘A’ - Level or equivalent	36	23 (64%)	0.64 [0.33,1.27]	0.51	36	22 (61%)	2.36 [1.26,4.42]	0.17
Diploma/ Degree/ Postgraduate degree	62	45 (73%)	0.96 [0.50,1.84]	0.95	62	48 (77%)	5.14 [2.80,9.45]	0.007
Perception towards Government’s efforts
Extremely inadequate/ Inadequate	12	7 (58%)	Reference		12	11 (92%)	Reference
Neutral	11	8 (73%)	1.90 [0.78,4.66]	0.47	11	4 (36%)	0.052 [0.015,0.18]	0.015
Adequate	68	46 (68%)	1.49 [0.79,2.83]	0.53	68	48 (71%)	0.22 [0.074,0.64]	0.16
Extremely adequate	22	18 (82%)	3.21 [1.44,7.19]	0.15	22	13 (59%)	0.13 [0.042,0.41]	0.073
Awareness of dengue situation
Not serious	22	13 (59%)	Reference
Unsure	15	11 (73%)	1.90 [0.92,3.94]	0.38
Serious	21	17 (81%)	2.94 [1.45,5.95]	0.13
Serious but under control	55	38 (69%)	1.55 [0.92,2.61]	0.40