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Table 8 Analysis of socio-demographic factors of respondents at Release site 2_TW and Release site 3_NSE that attribute to high awareness of the dengue situation

From: Public sentiments towards the use of Wolbachia-Aedes technology in Singapore

 

Release site 2_TW

Release site 3_NSE

High awareness of dengue (feels that dengue is a serious problem/serious problem but under control)

High awareness of dengue (feels that dengue is a serious problem/serious problem but under control)

N

Odds Ratio [95% CI]

Odds Ratio [95% CI]

p-value

N

Odds Ratio [95% CI]

Odds Ratio

[95% CI]

p-value

Gender

 Male

176

140 (80%)

Reference

 

109

79 (72%)

Reference

 

 Female

206

155 (75%)

1.20 [0.87,1.64]

0.57

172

139 (81%)

1.69 [1.18,2.42]

0.14

Age (years)

  ≤ 35

127

111 (87%)

Reference

 

88

73 (83%)

Reference

 

 36–55

98

84 (86%)

2.00 [1.09,3.69]

0.25

86

71 (83%)

1.13 [0.66,1.94]

0.82

  > 55

157

100 (64%)

0.33 [0.23,0.49]

0.004

107

74 (69%)

0.41 [0.26,0.64]

0.04

Education level

 PSLE and below

139

92 (66%)

Reference

 

109

72 (66%)

Reference

 

 ‘O’/ ‘A’ - Level or equivalent

132

104 (79%)

1.67 [1.18,2.35]

0.14

88

80 (91%)

4.20 [2.50,7.05]

0.006

 Diploma/ Degree/ Postgraduate degree

111

99 (89%)

6.15 [3.54,10.7]

0.001

84

66 (79%)

2.11 [1.38,3.23]

0.08

Perception towards Government’s efforts

 Extremely inadequate/ Inadequate

25

18 (72%)

Reference

 

19

15 (79%)

Reference

 

 Neutral

53

34 (64%)

0.90 [0.43,1.87]

0.88

48

32 (67%)

2.29 [1.10,4.78]

0.26

 Adequate

263

211 (80%)

1.10 [0.58,2.10]

0.88

172

136 (79%)

2.02 [1.10,3.73]

0.25

 Extremely adequate

41

32 (78%)

0.66 [0.32,1.39]

0.58

42

35 (83%)

1.33 [0.66,2.68]

0.68