Table 6 Analysis of socio-demographic factors of respondents at Release site 2_TW and Release site 3_NSE that attribute to positive attitude towards male Wolbachia-Aedes release
From: Public sentiments towards the use of Wolbachia-Aedes technology in Singapore
Release site 2_TW | Release site 3_NSE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive attitude towards male Wolbachia-Aedes release (very comfortable/comfortable) | Positive attitude towards male Wolbachia-Aedes release (very comfortable/comfortable) | |||||||
N | n (%) | Odds Ratio [95% CI] | p-value | N | n (%) | Odds Ratio [95% CI] | p-value | |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 176 | 134 (76%) | Reference | 109 | 90 (83%) | Reference | ||
Female | 206 | 152 (74%) | 0.88 [0.70,1.12] | 0.60 | 172 | 131 (72%) | 0.67 [0.49,0.91] | 0.20 |
Age (years) | ||||||||
≤35 | 127 | 86 (68%) | Reference | 88 | 65 (74%) | Reference | ||
36–55 | 98 | 82 (84%) | 2.44 [1.75,3.41] | 0.007 | 86 | 70 (81%) | 1.55 [1.07,2.24] | 0.24 |
>55 | 157 | 118 (75%) | 1.44 [1.11,1.88] | 0.17 | 107 | 86 (80%) | 1.45 [1.03,2.04] | 0.28 |
Education level | ||||||||
PSLE and below | 139 | 100 (72%) | Reference | 109 | 86 (79%) | Reference | ||
‘O’/ ‘A’ - Level or equivalent | 132 | 108 (82%) | 1.76 [1.31,2.36] | 0.056 | 88 | 70 (80%) | 1.04 [0.73,1.48] | 0.91 |
Diploma/ Degree/ Postgraduate degree | 111 | 78 (70%) | 0.92 [0.70,1.22] | 0.77 | 84 | 65 (77%) | 0.91 [0.64,1.30] | 0.80 |
Perception towards Government’s efforts | ||||||||
Extremely inadequate/ Inadequate | 25 | 15 (60%) | Reference | 19 | 11 (58%) | Reference | ||
Neutral | 53 | 31 (58%) | 0.94 [0.57,1.54] | 0.90 | 48 | 32 (67%) | 1.45 [0.83,2.53] | 0.50 |
Adequate | 263 | 208 (79%) | 2.52 [1.63,3.90] | 0.033 | 172 | 144 (84%) | 3.74 [2.25,6.22] | 0.009 |
Extremely adequate | 41 | 32 (78%) | 2.37 [1.36,4.13] | 0.12 | 42 | 34 (81%) | 3.09 [1.68,5.68] | 0.06 |
Awareness of dengue situation | ||||||||
Not serious | 46 | 38 (83%) | Reference | 36 | 31 (86%) | Reference | ||
Unsure | 41 | 24 (59%) | 0.30 [0.18,0.49] | 0.016 | 27 | 20 (74%) | 0.46 [0.24,0.88] | 0.23 |
Serious | 77 | 54 (70%) | 0.49 [0.31,0.78] | 0.13 | 62 | 44 (71%) | 0.39 [0.23, 0.69] | 0.09 |
Serious but under control | 218 | 170 (78%) | 0.75 [0.49,1.14] | 0.49 | 156 | 126 (81%) | 0.68 [0.40,1.14] | 0.46 |