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

Table 8.

Analysis of socio-demographic factors of respondents at Release site 2_TW and Release site 3_NSE that attribute to high awareness of the dengue situation

Release site 2_TW Release site 3_NSE
High awareness of dengue (feels that dengue is a serious problem/serious problem but under control) High awareness of dengue (feels that dengue is a serious problem/serious problem but under control)
N Odds Ratio [95% CI] Odds Ratio [95% CI] p-value N Odds Ratio [95% CI] Odds Ratio
[95% CI]
p-value
Gender
 Male 176 140 (80%) Reference 109 79 (72%) Reference
 Female 206 155 (75%) 1.20 [0.87,1.64] 0.57 172 139 (81%) 1.69 [1.18,2.42] 0.14
Age (years)
  ≤ 35 127 111 (87%) Reference 88 73 (83%) Reference
 36–55 98 84 (86%) 2.00 [1.09,3.69] 0.25 86 71 (83%) 1.13 [0.66,1.94] 0.82
  > 55 157 100 (64%) 0.33 [0.23,0.49] 0.004 107 74 (69%) 0.41 [0.26,0.64] 0.04
Education level
 PSLE and below 139 92 (66%) Reference 109 72 (66%) Reference
 ‘O’/ ‘A’ - Level or equivalent 132 104 (79%) 1.67 [1.18,2.35] 0.14 88 80 (91%) 4.20 [2.50,7.05] 0.006
 Diploma/ Degree/ Postgraduate degree 111 99 (89%) 6.15 [3.54,10.7] 0.001 84 66 (79%) 2.11 [1.38,3.23] 0.08
Perception towards Government’s efforts
 Extremely inadequate/ Inadequate 25 18 (72%) Reference 19 15 (79%) Reference
 Neutral 53 34 (64%) 0.90 [0.43,1.87] 0.88 48 32 (67%) 2.29 [1.10,4.78] 0.26
 Adequate 263 211 (80%) 1.10 [0.58,2.10] 0.88 172 136 (79%) 2.02 [1.10,3.73] 0.25
 Extremely adequate 41 32 (78%) 0.66 [0.32,1.39] 0.58 42 35 (83%) 1.33 [0.66,2.68] 0.68