Table 4.

Socio-demographic determinants of social distancing and negative attitudes and stereotyping scores.

	Social distance			Negative attitudes and stereotyping
Sociodemographic variables	Coef.*	95% CI	p-value	Coef.*	95% CI	p-value
Age (years)		Lower, Upper			Lower, Upper
18–34	Ref.			Ref.
35–49	0.4	−0.1, 0.9	0.158	0.6	0.2, 1.0	0.008
50–64	0.7	0.04, 1.4	0.037	0.6	0.1, 1.1	0.013
65 and above	0.7	−0.1, 1.5	0.089	0.6	0.01, 1.2	0.045
Gender
Female	Ref.			Ref.
Male	0.3	−0.1, 0.7	0.192	0.01	−0.3, 0.3	0.948
Ethnicity
Chinese	Ref.			Ref.
Malay	−0.2	−0.6, 0.2	0.235	0.4	0.1, 0.7	0.005
Indian	−0.5	−0.8, −0.1	0.007	0.2	−0.1, 0.5	0.116
Others	0.5	−0.1, 1.1	0.082	−0.1	−0.5, 0.3	0.708
Education
Degree, professional certification, and above	Ref.			Ref.
Primary and Below	0.5	−0.3, 1.4	0.197	0.9	0.3, 1.5	0.002
Secondary	0.9	0.3, 1.6	0.007	0.2	−0.3, 0.6	0.439
Pre-U/Junior College	0.2	−0.8, 1.1	0.738	−1.0	−1.6, −0.3	0.002
Vocational training	1.1	0.1, 2.0	0.025	0.4	−0.3, 1.1	0.236
Diploma	0.1	−0.4, 0.7	0.715	−0.1	−0.5, 0.4	0.792
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	Ref.			Ref.
Single	−0.4	−0.9, 0.1	0.085	0.04	−0.4, 0.4	0.862
Divorced/separated	−0.4	−1.2, 0.4	0.354	−0.7	−1.3,−0.1	0.025
Widowed	0.8	−0.8, 2.3	0.339	−0.1	−0.8, 0.6	0.748
Employment
Employed	Ref.			Ref.
Economically inactive	0.04	−0.5, 0.6	0.889	−0.1	−0.5, 0.3	0.480
Unemployed	−0.3	−1.2, 0.6	0.526	−0.1	−0.7, 0.6	0.771
Monthly Personal Income (SGD)
Below 2,000 or no income	Ref.			Ref.
2,000 to 3,999	−0.7	−1.2, −0.1	0.023	−0.5	−0.9,−0.1	0.016
4,000 to 5,999	−0.9	−1.6, −0.1	0.024	−0.4	−1.0, 0.1	0.098
6,000 to 9,999	−1.4	−2.2, −0.5	0.002	−0.7	−1.3,−0.1	0.018
10,000 & above	−1.9	−2.9, −0.9	<0.001	−1.2	−1.9,−0.5	0.001
Close friend or family members with diabetes
No	Ref.			Ref.
Yes	−1.1	−1.5, −0.6	<0.001	−0.5	−0.8,−0.2	0.001

^*regression coefficient (Coef.) was derived from multiple linear regression analysis after controlling for all covariates. p<0.05 shown in bold.