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Table 3 Estimated effect of predictors on stigma toward EVD survivors at the height of the 2014–15 outbreak

From: Fear, distress, and perceived risk shape stigma toward Ebola survivors: a prospective longitudinal study

Variable

Coef.

Robust SE

t-statistic

95% CI

Intercept

0.445

0.10

 

0.2528, 0.6370

Age

0.002

0.01

0.68

−0.0041, 0.0087

Female

0.818

0.12

7.04

0.5902, 1.0451

Household wealth

0.082

0.03

2.47

0.0169, 0.1470

Some primary education

−0.054

0.05

−1.16

−0.1445, 0.0368

Completed primary education

−0.032

0.05

−0.6

− 0.1373, 0.0728

Some secondary education

0.034

0.03

1.02

−0.0332, 0.1003

Completed secondary education

0.022

0.03

0.64

−0.0460, 0.0903

Married or engaged

− 0.001

0.02

−0.04

− 0.0464, 0.0446

Cohabiting, not married

−0.047

0.04

−1.22

−0.1235, 0.0290

Widowed

0.020

0.05

0.38

−0.0848, 0.1251

Divorced

−0.087

0.08

−1.04

−0.2512, 0.0766

Someone in the community

−0.400

0.22

−1.84

−0.8247, 0.0249

Neighbor

0.397

0.24

1.66

−0.0730, 0.8667

Friend

−0.046

0.27

−0.17

−0.5656, 0.4740

Non-household family

0.120

0.21

0.60

−0.2890, 0.5455

Household member

0.375

0.34

1.17

−0.2508, 0.9998

Anti-stigma messaging

0.445

0.14

3.24

0.1756, 0.7146

Depression

0.273

0.18

1.51

−0.0811, 0.6262

Anxiety

0.325

0.18

1.76

−0.0376, 0.6871

PTSD

1.144

0.24

4.77

0.6742, 1.6137

EVD fear

0.971

0.16

6.08

0.6582, 1.2837

Perceived risk

0.178

0.05

3.41

0.0755, 0.2799

Health care-seeking (clinic)

0.009

0.01

−0.79

−0.0233, 0.0412

Health care-seeking (traditional)

0.003

0.02

0.18

−0.0350, 0.0418

Trust in local leaders

0.109

0.10

1.07

−0.0766, 0.0794

Community resilience

−0.100

0.16

−0.61

−0.1270, 0.1360