Table 4 Demographic differences in Ebola perceptions and behavioral intentions
From: Perceptions and plans for prevention of Ebola: results from a national survey
Confident in the U.S. government’s ability to prevent spread of Ebola to U.S. | Confident in the media’s ability to accurately report on an Ebola outbreak | Confident that public health officials are providing U.S. public with all of the info they need about Ebola | Confident in local hospital’s ability to treat an infected patient | Confident in local hospital’s ability to prevent healthcare workers from catching Ebola | Confident the U.S. has provided the right level of support to countries with Ebola outbreaks | |||||||
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Characteristic | N (%) | Adjusted OR | N (%) | Adjusted OR | N (%) | Adjusted OR | N (%) | Adjusted OR | N (%) | Adjusted OR | N (%) | Adjusted OR |
(95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | |||||||
Gender | ||||||||||||
Male | 142 (29) | 1.04 (0.77, 1.41) | 68 (13) | 0.55 (0.38, 0.79)** | 145 (29) | 0.78 (0.58, 1.05) | 148 (31) | 0.89 (0.67, 1.19) | 139 (28) | 0.73 (0.54, 0.98)* | 159 (32) | 0.96 (0.72, 1.29) |
Female | 139 (28) | REF | 106 (22) | REF | 167 (34) | REF | 166 (33) | REF | 169 (33) | REF | 165 (33) | REF |
Age | ||||||||||||
18–39 | 105 (28) | REF | 60 (17) | REF | 110 (29) | REF | 123 (32) | REF | 111 (28) | REF | 114 (30) | REF |
40–59 | 117 (32) | 1.14 (0.81, 1.61) | 69 (18) | 1.11 (0.72, 1.69) | 122 (32) | 1.18 (0.83, 1.67) | 120 (32) | 0.92 (0.65, 1.29) | 127 (33) | 1.22 (0.87, 1.72) | 127 (34) | 1.20 (0.86, 1.67) |
60+ | 59 (24) | 0.84 (0.55, 1.28) | 45 (18) | 1.12 (0.68, 1.85) | 80 (34) | 1.32 (0.88, 1.98) | 71 (32) | 1.05 (0.70, 1.57) | 70 (30) | 1.11 (0.74, 1.68) | 83 (34) | 1.20 (0.81, 1.78) |
Education | ||||||||||||
HS or less | 102 (27) | REF | 82 (10) | REF | 108 (28) | REF | 106 (28) | REF | 98 (25) | REF | 127 (32) | REF |
Some college | 75 (28) | 0.99 (0.67, 1.46) | 51 (19) | 0.96 (0.61, 1.49) | 79 (29) | 1.12 (0.76, 1.64) | 91 (33) | 1.26 (0.87, 1.83) | 90 (32) | 1.43 (0.98, 2.08) | 86 (32) | 0.98 (0.69, 1.40) |
College or more | 104 (32) | 1.15 (0.78, 1.70) | 41 (13) | 0.62 (0.38, 1.01) | 125 (38) | 1.73 (1.17, 2.56)** | 117 (36) | 1.31 (0.89, 1.90) | 120 (37) | 1.59 (1.08, 2.33)* | 111 (35) | 1.13 (0.78, 1.64) |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
White | 202 (27) | REF | 116 (16) | REF | 228 (31) | REF | 225 (30) | REF | 231 (32) | REF | 240 (33) | REF |
Black | 24 (31) | 1.23 (0.72, 2.11) | 15 (19) | 1.00 (0.53, 1.88) | 25 (32) | 1.05 (0.61, 1.83) | 28 (38) | 1.71 (1.00, 2.93)* | 24 (30) | 0.95 (0.56, 1.63) | 23 (32) | 0.97 (0.56, 1.70) |
Hispanic | 30 (27) | 1.05 (0.65, 1.72) | 24 (22) | 1.29 (0.75, 2.23) | 39 (35) | 1.45 (0.91, 2.32) | 36 (33) | 1.30 (0.81, 2.08) | 30 (26) | 0.86 (0.53, 1.39) | 35 (31) | 1.02 (0.63, 1.63) |
Other | 25 (37) | 1.61 (0.84, 3.12) | 19 (25) | 1.50 (0.75, 2.98) | 20 (29) | 0.99 (0.51, 1.93) | 25 (36) | 1.33 (0.70, 2.55) | 23 (30) | 0.91 (0.47, 1.75) | 26 (39) | 1.34 (0.72, 2.49) |
Income | ||||||||||||
< $30,000 | 63 (26) | REF | 57 (24) | REF | 75 (32) | REF | 64 (25) | REF | 64 (27) | REF | 77 (33) | REF |
$30,000–$74,999 | 90 (26) | 0.97 (0.64, 1.46) | 52 (15) | 0.62 (0.39, 0.98)* | 99 (28) | 0.81 (0.55, 1.21) | 105 (30) | 1.31 (0.86, 1.98) | 96 (27) | 0.96 (0.64, 1.44) | 111 (32) | 0.98 (0.66, 1.45) |
$75,000+ | 128 (32) | 1.23 (0.80, 1.90) | 65 (16) | 0.76 (0.47, 1.24) | 138 (34) | 0.95 (0.63, 1.45) | 145 (37) | 1.79 (1.16, 2.77)** | 148 (36) | 1.32 (0.87, 2.01) | 136 (34) | 0.99 (0.65, 1.49) |
Children in home | ||||||||||||
Yes | 79 (29) | 0.96 (0.68, 1.37) | 50 (19) | 1.08 (0.71, 1.64) | 82 (29) | 0.88 (0.62, 1.25) | 89 (31) | 0.88 (0.63, 1.25) | 88 (30) | 0.96 (0.68, 1.35) | 86 (31) | 0.92 (0.66, 1.30) |
No | 202 (28) | REF | 124 (17) | REF | 230 (32) | REF | 225 (32) | REF | 220 (31) | REF | 238 (34) | REF |
Region | ||||||||||||
Northeast | 52 (29) | REF | 35 (21) | REF | 64 (36) | REF | 51 (29) | REF | 61 (34) | REF | 61 (34) | REF |
Midwest | 75 (29) | 1.05 (0.67, 1.66) | 44 (17) | 0.71 (0.42, 1.20) | 80 (30) | 0.82 (0.53, 1.28) | 83 (33) | 1.31 (0.82, 2.10) | 79 (29) | 0.82 (0.53, 1.28) | 87 (34) | 0.99 (0.64, 1.53) |
South | 91 (29) | 1.07 (0.69, 1.65) | 48 (15) | 0.59 (0.36, 0.98)* | 107 (33) | 0.91 (0.60, 1.39) | 105 (32) | 1.24 (0.79, 1.92) | 103 (31) | 0.94 (0.61, 1.43) | 101 (32) | 0.92 (0.60, 1.39) |
West | 63 (27) | 0.94 (0.58, 1.51) | 47 (21) | 0.92 (0.54, 1.59) | 61 (27) | 0.68 (0.43, 1.08) | 75 (33) | 1.27 (0.79, 2.04) | 65 (29) | 0.82 (0.52, 1.30) | 75 (33) | 0.94 (0.60, 1.47) |
Total | 281 (28) | -- | 174 (18) | -- | 312 (31) | -- | 314 (32) | -- | 308 (31) | -- | 324 (33) | -- |