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 | |
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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 |