Table 3 Associations between background characters and KAP regarding A/H1N1

Gender

   Male

58.5

NU

25.5

1.00

75.4

1.00

11.1

NU

   Female

58.4

29.5

1.24(1.14-1.36) ^‡

80.4

1.41(1.28-1.55) ^‡

10.5

Age (years)

   18~

60.5

1.00

31.1

1.00

79.1

1.00

20.5

1.00

   25~

60.9

1.07(0.93-1.24)*

30.1

1.10(0.94-1.29) ^‡

79.1

1.18(0.99-1.40)

10.7

1.15(0.91-1.46) ^†

   50~

54.4

1.04(0.88-1.24)

23.0

0.87(0.72-1.04)

75.3

1.12(0.92-1.38)

6.4

0.78(0.57-1.05)*

   65~

50.5

0.87(0.72-1.06)*

19.5

0.77(0.62-0.96) ^†

77.2

1.34(1.06-1.69)*

7.0

0.92(0.65-1.30)

Education

   Primary school and illiterate

38.0

1.00

22.7

1.00

64.6

1.00

4.7

1.00

   Middle school

55.6

1.71(1.48-1.98) ^†

26.3

1.12(0.95-1.33)

79.3

2.00(1.71-2.34) ^‡

8.9

1.12(0.82-1.53)

   College and above

66.9

2.16(1.83-2.54) ^‡

30.4

1.23(1.02-1.49) *

80.4

1.98(1.64-2.38) ^‡

14.5

1.09(0.78-1.52)

Occupation

   Student

62.7

1.00

33.1

1.00

80.3

1.00

35.9

1.00

   Teacher

73.2

1.46(1.09-1.96) ^‡

36.8

1.12(0.84-1.50) ^†

82.5

0.94(0.66-1.33)

28.0

0.67(0.48-0.94) ^‡

   Health care worker

71.0

1.31(0.97-1.78) ^†

29.6

0.74(0.54-1.02)

87.3

1.36(0.91-2.03) ^†

46.2

1.52(1.09-2.11) ^‡

   Office staff

67.1

1.08(0.88-1.33) ^†

29.4

0.81(0.65-1.01)

78.0

0.76(0.59-0.97) ^†

7.9

0.13(0.10-0.17) ^‡

   Worker

54.4

0.77(0.62-0.97) ^†

26.6

0.74(0.58-0.95)

81.0

0.99(0.74-1.31)

6.6

0.12(0.09-0.17) ^‡

   Farmer

41.3

0.63(0.49-0.80) ^‡

25.5

0.76(0.59-0.99)

69.1

0.70(0.53-0.94) ^†

3.1

0.06(0.04-0.10) ^‡

   Public service personnel

57.6

0.81(0.64-1.02) *

28.4

0.80(0.63-1.03)

80.3

0.89(0.67-1.18)

10.9

0.19(0.14-0.26) ^†

Others

55.0

0.83(0.67-1.02) ^†

24.6

0.66(0.53-0.83) ^‡

78.1

0.74(0.57-0.96) ^†

5.9

0.11(0.08-0.15) ^‡

Survey wave

   30 Nov 2009-27 Dec 2009

56.9

1.00

34.3

1.00

82.6

1.00

9.1

1.00

   4 Jan 2010-24 Jan 2010

57.7

1.08(0.98-1.20)

26.6

0.70(0.62-0.78)

77.7

0.91(0.80-1.03)

9.7

1.12(0.92-1.33)

   24 Feb 2010-25 Mar 2010

60.6

1.20(1.08-1.34) ^†

22.1

0.54(0.48-0.60) ^‡

74.1

0.71(0.62-0.80) ^‡

13.5

1.67(1.40-1.99)