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Table 2 Association between sociodemographic covariates, level of outbreak and risk perception of getting Ebola

From: Risk perception during the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

 

Some Risk Perception

N (%)

Crude OR (95% CI)

P-value

Adjusted ORa (95% CI)

P-value

Age (years)

 15–20

698 (44)

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 21–35

1128 (47)

1.15 (1.01–1.31)

0.039

1.24 (1.08–1.41)

0.002

 36–49

803 (49)

1.20 (1.04–1.39)

0.015

1.27 (1.10–1.48)

0.002

 50+

615 (46)

0.99 (0.83–1.17)

0.900

1.08 (0.90–1.31)

0.397

Sex

 Female

1599 (46)

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Male

1667 (49)

1.22 (1.09–1.36)

0.001

1.17 (1.05–1.32)

0.006

Education

 No education

919 (44)

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Primary

516 (42)

1.12 (0.92–1.36)

0.251

1.14 (0.93–1.40)

0.220

 Secondary +

1811 (49)

1.42 (1.21–1.66)

0.000

1.35 (1.14–1.61)

0.001

Religion

 Islam

2138 (47)

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Christianity

1122 (46)

1.18 (1.03–1.36)

0.019

1.15 (0.99–1.33)

0.059

Region

 Western

726 (41)

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Northern

1364 (59)

2.28 (1.57–3.30)

0.000

2.70 (1.87–3.89)

0.000

 Eastern

667 (41)

1.00 (0.64–1.55)

0.999

1.15 (0.75–1.79)

0.519

 Southern

511 (38)

0.75 (0.44–1.26)

0.268

0.79 (0.48–1.31)

0.363

Survey 1,2,3b

 Survey 1 (Early in the outbreak)

838 (59)

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Survey 2 (Just before the peak of the outbreak)

903 (43)

0.44 (0.26–0.74)

0.002

0.40 (0.25–0.64)

0.000

 Survey 3 (Just after the peak of the outbreak)

1527 (43)

0.46 (0.30–0.70)

0.000

0.37 (0.25–0.56)

0.000

  1. aAdjusted for: age, sex, education, religion, region, KAP survey, all information sources
  2. bSurvey 1: August 2014; Survey 2: October 2014; Survey 3: December 2014