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Table 3 Determinants of behavioral compliance

From: Public response to the 2014 chemical spill in West Virginia: knowledge, opinions and behaviours

Independent Variables

Single Predictors Models

Ordinal Logistic Regression Models

IRR (95 % C.I.)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Living in the affected counties

5.8 [3.9–8.5]

6 [4–9]

6 [4–9.2]

5.7 [3.8–8.6]

Income

$15,000–$34,999 vs < $15,000

0.7 [0.3–1.1]

0.8 [0.3–1.9]

0.8 [0.4–1.7]

0.8 [0.4–1.6]

$35,000–$59,999 vs < $15,000

0.6 [0.3–1.1]

0.5 [0.2–1.2]

0.6 [0.3–1.3]

0.6 [0.3–1.4]

$60,000–$100,000 vs < $15,000

0.8 [0.4–1.4]

0.7 [0.3–1.5]

0.8 [0.3–1.7]

0.8 [0.4–1.7]

>$100,000 vs < $15,000

0.6 [0.3–1.2]

0.4 [0.2–1.1]

0.5 [0.2–1.3]

0.5 [0.2–1.2]

Timing of information

2.8 [1.4–5.5]

 

2.3 [1.2–4.6]

2.3 [1.2–4.5]

Risk perception

•Somewhat likely versus unlikely or very unlikely

1.3 [0.7–2.5]

 

1.1 [0.5–2.5]

1.2 [0.5–2.5]

•Very likely versus unlikely or very unlikely

2 [1.1–3.7]

 

2.3 [1.1–4.8]

2.4 [1.1–5]

Knowledge of recommended behaviors

   

1.8 [1–3.2]