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. 2022 Dec 12;16(2):163–170. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2022.12.010

Table 3.

Multivariable logistic regression estimates of factors associated with concerned about monkeypox.

Variables Concerned about monkeypox
P Adjusted OR P
No Yes
All 796 (37.3) 1339 (62.7)
Gender
Female 446 (56.0) 891 (66.5) <0.001 1.00
Male 350 (44.0) 448 (33.5) 0.61 (0.50–0.74) <0.001
Age
18–29 525 (66.0) 778 (58.1) 0.003 1.00
30–39 142 (17.8) 308 (23.0) 1.08 (0.77–1.50) 0.664
40–49 75 (9.4) 158 (11.8) 1.13 (0.76–1.69) 0.54
50+ 54 (6.8) 95 (7.1) 0.87 (0.55–1.39) 0.569
Living area
Rural 91 (11.4) 191 (14.3) 0.071 1.00
Urban 705 (88.6) 1148 (85.7) 0.78 (0.59–1.03) 0.077
Steady marital status
No 567 (71.2) 831 (62.1) <0.001 1.00
Yes 229 (28.8) 508 (37.9) 1.27 (0.95–1.71) 0.111
Employment status
Current student 421 (52.9) 565 (42.2) <0.001 1.00
Unemployed 46 (5.8) 126 (9.4) 1.98 (1.27–3.07) 0.002
Employed 329 (41.3) 648 (48.4) 1.46 (1.12–1.90) 0.005
Common knowledge of monkeypox
Low level 265 (33.3) 384 (28.7) 0.028 1.00
High level 531 (66.7) 955 (71.3) 1.15 (0.94–1.42) 0.169
Depressive symptoms
No 682 (85.7) 1160 (86.6) 0.580 1.00
Yes 114 (14.3) 179 (13.4) 0.88 (0.67–1.15) 0.341
Getting monkeypox information from Internet sources
No 404 (50.8) 661 (49.4) 0.565 1.00
Yes 392 (49.2) 678 (50.6) 0.77 (0.61–0.98) 0.034
Getting monkeypox information from traditional media
No 599 (75.3) 1040 (77.7) 0.220 1.00
Yes 197 (24.7) 299 (22.3) 1.11 (0.90–1.37) 0.322
Willingness to adopt monkeypox vaccine
No 358 (45.0) 309 (23.1) <0.001 1.00
Yes 438 (55.0) 1030 (76.9) 2.9 (2.38–3.53) <0.001

† The P-value is from the Chi-square test. ‡ The P-value is for the OR. * The statistical significance was set as P < 0.05.