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Table 2 Demographics of study population

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards pandemic influenza among cases, close contacts, and healthcare workers in tropical Singapore: a cross-sectional survey

Demographics

Overall (%) (n = 1063)

Patients (%) (n = 47)

Contacts (%) (n = 244)

Healthcare Workers (%) (n = 331)

General Servicemen (%) (n = 441)

p-value*

Mean Age (SE)

21.4 (0.2)

20.6 (0.3)

20.6 (0.1)

23.2 (0.4)

20.5 (0.3)

< 0.001

-Inter quartile range

19 to 21

20 to 21

20 to 21

20 to 23

19 to 20

NA

-Range

17 to 61

17 to 27

18 to 30

18 to 61

17 to 57

NA

Sex:

      

   1. Male

1018 (95.8)

47 (100)

243 (99.6)

306 (92.4)

422 (95.7)

< 0.001

Education:

      

   1. Elementary/Middle School

530 (49.9)

18 (38.3)

96 (39.3)

103 (31.1)

313 (71.0)

< 0.001

   2. High School

465 (43.7)

27 (57.4)

141 (57.8)

178 (53.8)

119 (27.0)

 

   3. Degree

67 (6.3)

2 (4.3)

6 (2.5)

50 (15.1)

9 (2.0)

 

Housing Type:

      

   1. ≤ 3 room public flat

177 (16.7)

8 (17.0)

44 (18.0)

50 (15.1)

75 (17.0)

0.001

   2. 4 room public flat

386 (36.3)

18 (38.3)

93 (38.1)

92 (27.8)

183 (41.5)

 

   3. 5 room public flat

309 (29.1)

13 (27.7)

65 (26.6)

105 (31.7)

126 (28.6)

 

   4. Private Property

167 (15.7)

7 (14.9)

38 (15.6)

74 (22.4)

48 (10.9)

 

Ethnicity:

      

   1. Chinese

804 (75.6)

37 (78.5)

175 (71.5)

238 (71.9)

354 (80.3)

0.024

   2. Malay

143 (13.5)

7 (14.9)

44 (18.0)

48 (14.5)

44 (10.0)

 

   3. Indian

62 (5.8)

2 (4.3)

9 (3.7)

28 (8.5)

23 (5.2)

 

   4. Others

31 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

9 (3.7)

11 (3.3)

11 (2.5)

 
  1. *Between patients, contacts, healthcare workers and general servicemen