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Table 4 Bivariate associations between selected belief variables and dependent variables

From: Influenza pandemic preparedness: motivation for protection among small and medium businesses in Australia

Variable (abbreviated name)

Phi*

(p)

 

Severity

Risk a

Risk b

Thought

Efficacy

Help

Severity of pandemic influenza (Severity)

-

-

-

-

-

-

   (30% or more sick)

      

Risk of pandemic influenza (Risk a)

0.28

-

-

-

-

-

   (Likely or very likely)

(<0.001)

     

Risk to business (Risk b)

0.39

0.37

-

-

-

-

   (Moderate or high risk)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

    

Thought about pandemic influenza (Thought)

0.21

0.30

0.17

-

-

-

   (A lot)

(0.004)

(<0.001)

(0.02)

   

Response efficacy (Efficacy)

0.10

0.15

0.17

0.15

-

-

   (High)

(0.14)

(0.03)

(0.02)

(0.03)

  

Need help to prepare (Help)

0.18

0.18

0.27

0.25

0.19

-

   (Yes)

(0.009)

(0.01)

(<0.001)

(0.001)

(0.006)

 

Pandemic influenza plan

0.19

0.18

0.17

0.28

0.18

0.05

   (Yes)

(0.007)

(0.01)

(0.01)

(<0.001)

(0.01)

(0.49)

  1. * Phi indicates the proportion of the total variance explained