Table 5. Results of Multivariate linear regression analysis for knowledge about B.1.1.529.
| Variables | Outbreak of Omicron as a new variant (K5) | Omicron emerged from South Africa (K6) | ||||||||
| B(95% CI) | S.E | Beta | T | p-value | B(95% CI) | S.E | Beta | t | p-value | |
| Constant | 1.19 (0.98, 1.4) | 0.10 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 1.289 (1.06, 1.5) | 0.116 | 11.141 | 0.000 | ||
| Gender | 0.2 (-0.05, 0.93) | 0.03 | 0.031 | 0.5 | 0.57 | 0.045 (-0.03, 0.12) | 0.040 | 0.062 | 1.128 | 0.260 |
| Age group | -0.34 (-0.06, 0.00) | 0.01 | -0.112 | -1.9 | 0.49 | -0.070 (-0.10, -0.03) | 0.019 | -0.204 | -3.696 | 0.000 |
| Country | -0.006 (-0.3, 0.02) | 0.13 | -0.026 | -0.4 | 0.64 | -0.022 (-0.051, 0.006) | 0.015 | -.085 | -1.527 | 0.128 |
| Education | -0.009 (-0.05, 0.03) | -0.023 | -0.022 | -0.3 | 0.7 | -0.008 (-0.058, 0.042) | 0.025 | -.017 | -0.300 | 0.764 |
| Variables | Mutations in Omicron (K7) | Omicron declared as VOC (K8) | ||||||||
| B(95% CI) | S.E | Beta | T | p-value | B(95% CI) | S.E | Beta | t | p-value | |
| Constant | 1.334 (1.03, 1.63) | 0.152 | 8.76 | 0.000 | 1.192 (.912, 1.472) | 0.142 | 8.381 | 0.000 | ||
| Gender | 0.029 (-0.075, 0.13) | 0.053 | .031 | 0.55 | 0.581 | -0.002 (-0.100 0.095) |
0.050 | -0.003 | -.046 | 0.964 |
| Age group | -0.020 (-0.69, 0.029) | 0.025 | -.045 | -0.79 | 0.425 | -0.007 (-0.053 .039) |
.023 | -0.017 | -0.305 | 0.760 |
| Country | -0.009 (-0.047, 0.029) | 0.019 | -.028 | -0.47 | 0.633 | 0.002 (-0.033 0.038) |
0.018 | 0.007 | 0.120 | 0.905 |
| Education | -0.007 (-0.7, 0.59) | 0.034 | -0.011 | -0.19 | 0.846 | 0.018 (-0.044 0.080) |
0.031 | 0.033 | 0.573 | 0.567 |