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. 2021 Jul 18;21:1417. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11380-w

Table 6.

Analysis of socio-demographic factors of respondents at Release site 2_TW and Release site 3_NSE that attribute to positive attitude towards male Wolbachia-Aedes release

Release site 2_TW Release site 3_NSE
Positive attitude towards male Wolbachia-Aedes release (very comfortable/comfortable) Positive attitude towards male Wolbachia-Aedes release (very comfortable/comfortable)
N n (%) Odds Ratio [95% CI] p-value N n (%) Odds Ratio
[95% CI]
p-value
Gender
 Male 176 134 (76%) Reference 109 90 (83%) Reference
 Female 206 152 (74%) 0.88 [0.70,1.12] 0.60 172 131 (72%) 0.67 [0.49,0.91] 0.20
Age (years)
 ≤35 127 86 (68%) Reference 88 65 (74%) Reference
 36–55 98 82 (84%) 2.44 [1.75,3.41] 0.007 86 70 (81%) 1.55 [1.07,2.24] 0.24
 >55 157 118 (75%) 1.44 [1.11,1.88] 0.17 107 86 (80%) 1.45 [1.03,2.04] 0.28
Education level
 PSLE and below 139 100 (72%) Reference 109 86 (79%) Reference
 ‘O’/ ‘A’ - Level or equivalent 132 108 (82%) 1.76 [1.31,2.36] 0.056 88 70 (80%) 1.04 [0.73,1.48] 0.91
 Diploma/ Degree/ Postgraduate degree 111 78 (70%) 0.92 [0.70,1.22] 0.77 84 65 (77%) 0.91 [0.64,1.30] 0.80
Perception towards Government’s efforts
 Extremely inadequate/ Inadequate 25 15 (60%) Reference 19 11 (58%) Reference
 Neutral 53 31 (58%) 0.94 [0.57,1.54] 0.90 48 32 (67%) 1.45 [0.83,2.53] 0.50
 Adequate 263 208 (79%) 2.52 [1.63,3.90] 0.033 172 144 (84%) 3.74 [2.25,6.22] 0.009
 Extremely adequate 41 32 (78%) 2.37 [1.36,4.13] 0.12 42 34 (81%) 3.09 [1.68,5.68] 0.06
Awareness of dengue situation
 Not serious 46 38 (83%) Reference 36 31 (86%) Reference
 Unsure 41 24 (59%) 0.30 [0.18,0.49] 0.016 27 20 (74%) 0.46 [0.24,0.88] 0.23
 Serious 77 54 (70%) 0.49 [0.31,0.78] 0.13 62 44 (71%)

0.39

[0.23, 0.69]

0.09
 Serious but under control 218 170 (78%) 0.75 [0.49,1.14] 0.49 156 126 (81%) 0.68 [0.40,1.14] 0.46