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Table 4 Predictors of longitudinal growth in stigma toward EVD survivors from April 2015 to April 2016

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

Characteristic

Cohen’s d

Robust SE

t-statistic

95% CI

Age

−0.001

0.01

−0.52

− 0.0042, 0.0087

Female

−0.208

0.04

−4.65

0.5902, 1.0451

Household wealth

−0.028

0.01

−2.14

0.0169, 0.1470

Someone in the community

0.142

0.09

1.62

−0.0295, 0.3135

Neighbor

−0.170

0.10

−1.78

− 0.3573, 0.0168

Friend

0.017

0.12

0.15

− 0.2116, 0.2451

Non-household family

−0.059

0.09

−0.67

− 0.2308, 0.1130

Household member

− 0.134

0.13

−1.07

−0.3794, 0.1115

Anti-stigma messaging

−0.143

0.06

−2.50

−0.2556, − 0.0310

Depression

− 0.066

0.07

−0.90

− 0.2089, 0.0777

Anxiety

−0.054

0.08

−0.67

− 0.2118, 0.0138

PTSD

−0.524

0.10

−5.09

−0.7252, − 0.3219

EVD fear

− 0.379

0.07

− 5.81

− 0.5075, − 0.2514

Perceived risk

− 0.054

0.02

−2.50

0.0755, 0.2799

Health care-seeking (clinic)

−0.006

0.01

0.18

−0.0213, 0.0905

Health care-seeking (traditional)

−0.005

0.01

−0.55

−0.0211, 0.0119

Trust in local leaders

0.001

0.04

0.04

−0.0766, 0.0794

Community resilience

0.007

0.07

0.01

−0.1227, 0.1376