Table 6.
Bivariate analysis: social media use and attitude towards vaccine
| Category | Factor | Number | Mean (SD) | 95% confidence interval for mean | Min–Max | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generally speaking, would you say that most social media posts can be trusted or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with them? | Most social media posts can be trusted | 47 | 24.13 (4.69) | 22.75–25.50 | Dec-34 | 0.038a |
| Can’t be too careful | 393 | 25.71 (5.89) | 25.13–26.30 | Aug-40 | ||
| Would you say that most of the time, people sharing social media posts try to be helpful, or that they are mostly just looking out for themselves? | Try to be helpful | 273 | 26.09 (5.19) | 25.47–26.71 | 13–40 | 0.078a |
| Look out for themselves | 167 | 24.65 (6.58) | 23.65–25.66 | Aug-37 | ||
| Do you think that most people sharing posts online would try to mislead you if they got the chance or would they try to be honest? | Mislead me | 147 | 24.27 (6.93) | 23.14–25.40 | Aug-40 | 0.008a |
| Try to be honest | 293 | 26.18 (5.02) | 25.60–26.76 | 13–38 | ||
| No | 356 | 26.05 (5.66) | 25.46–26.64 | Sep-40 | 0.001a | |
| Yes | 84 | 23.39 (5.87) | 22.12–24.67 | Aug-34 | ||
| No | 250 | 25.73 (5.95) | 24.99–26.47 | Aug-38 | 0.375a | |
| Yes | 190 | 25.30 (5.59) | 24.50–26.10 | Sep-40 | ||
| No | 118 | 25.21 (5.81) | 24.15–26.27 | Oct-40 | 0.413a | |
| Yes | 322 | 25.66 (5.79) | 25.03–26.30 | Aug-38 | ||
| TV news | No | 300 | 25.37 (5.93) | 24.70–26.05 | Aug-40 | 0.413a |
| Yes | 140 | 25.91 (5.48) | 24.99–26.82 | Dec-38 | ||
| YouTube | No | 304 | 25.75 (5.45) | 25.13–26.37 | Oct-40 | 0.293a |
| Yes | 136 | 25.08 (6.49) | 23.98–26.18 | Aug-38 | ||
| No | 397 | 25.29 (5.71) | 24.73–25.85 | Aug-40 | 0.002a | |
| Yes | 43 | 27.88 (6.12) | 26.00–29.77 | Dec-37 | ||
| How frequently do you search for medical information on media? | Not everyday | 254 | 25.74 (5.69) | 25.04–26.44 | Aug-40 | 0.393b |
| Once a day | 96 | 24.82 (6.03) | 23.60–26.05 | Nov-37 | ||
| 2–5 times a day | 62 | 26.06 (6.37) | 24.45–27.68 | Sep-37 | ||
| 5–10 times a day | 13 | 23.85 (2.64) | 22.25–25.44 | 19–28 | ||
| More than 10 times a day | 15 | 26.13 (5.19) | 23.26–29.01 | 17–36 |
Analysis done using Mann–Whitney U test (a) and Kruskal Wallis (b)