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Table 3 Comparison of willingness to respond between urban and rural designations of the clusters by scenario

From: Determinants of emergency response willingness in the local public health workforce by jurisdictional and scenario patterns: a cross-sectional survey

 

Emergency Scenarios

 

Weather-related

Pandemic influenza

Radiological 'dirty' bomb

Anthrax bioterrorism

 

Rural/Urbana

Rural/Urban

Rural/Urban

Rural/Urban

Willingness-to-respond context

OR(95%CI)b

OR(95%CI)

OR(95%CI)

OR(95%CI)

If required

NSc

NS

1.5

NS

   

(1.13, 1.99)

 

If asked but not required

NS

2.37

NS

NS

  

(1.72, 3.27)

  

Regardless of severity

1.59

2.24

NS

NS

 

(1.24, 2.03)

(1.11, 4.54)

  
  1. a Rural clusters include: MO, MN, ID, VA; urban clusters include: FL, WI, OR/WA, IN
  2. b The reference category for the odds ratio and 95% confidence interval [OR(95%CI)] is the urban designation
  3. c NS - Not statistically significant at p = 0.05 level