Table 7 Multinomial regression analysis to compare respondents’ acceptance towards male Wolbachia-Aedes release and their perception of the Government’s efforts in controlling dengue
From: Public sentiments towards the use of Wolbachia-Aedes technology in Singapore
Release site 2_TW | Perception of Government’s efforts in controlling dengue | ||||
Extremely inadequate/ inadequate (Reference) | Neutral* OR (p) | Adequate OR (p) | Extremely adequate OR (p) | ||
Acceptance towards male Wolbachia-Aedes release | Very uncomfortable/ uncomfortable | 6.74 (0.02) | 2.01 (0.26) | 2.25 (0.37) | |
Neutral (Reference) | |||||
Comfortable | 2.41 (0.17) | 3.35 (0.0006) | 2.14 (0.17) | ||
Very comfortable | 0.0004 (0.95) | 1.58 (0.52) | 12.0 (0.002) | ||
Release site 3_NSE | Perception of Government’s efforts in controlling dengue | ||||
Extremely inadequate/inadequate (Reference) | Neutral* OR (p) | Adequate OR (p) | Extremely adequate OR (p) | ||
Acceptance towards male Wolbachia-Aedes release | Very uncomfortable/ uncomfortable | 9.0 (0.03) | 1.42 (0.62) | 3.0 (0.23) | |
Neutral (Reference) | |||||
Comfortable | 1.74 (0.52) | 2.79 (0.01) | 2.90 (0.09) | ||
Very comfortable | 12.0 (0.08) | 4.42 (0.18) | 12.0 (0.048) | ||