Table 4 Precautionary practices against A(H7N9) influenza in Guangzhou, 17–24 June 2013
Items | Education | Income per capita | Living area | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower than college graduate | College graduate and higher | χ2 | p | Less than $6,000 | >$6,000 | χ2 | P | Suburban or rural | Downtown | χ2 | P | |
Did you recently search some information about H7N9? (response = “yes”) | 581 (76.35%) | 498 (72.28%) | 3.14 | 0.08 | 530 (72.80%) | 549 (76.40%) | 1.99 | 0.16 | 411 (73.66%) | 663 (75.08%) | 0.37 | 0.54 |
If yes, what methods did you use to get information? | ||||||||||||
Use internet | 418 (71.94%) | 412 (82.73%) | 17.6 | 0.00* | 414 (78.11%) | 416 (75.77%) | 0.83 | 0.36 | 325 (79.08%) | 502 (75.72%) | 1.62 | 0.20 |
Watch TV | 398 (68.50%) | 331 (66.47%) | 0.51 | 0.48 | 343 (64.72%) | 386 (70.31%) | 3.87 | 0.04* | 282 (68.61%) | 445 (67.12%) | 0.26 | 0.61 |
Read newspaper | 324 (55.77%) | 283 (56.83%) | 0.12 | 0.73 | 308 (58.11%) | 299 (54.46%) | 1.46 | 0.23 | 227 (55.23%) | 377 (56.86%) | 0.27 | 0.60 |
Ask friends | 123 (21.17%) | 104 (20.88%) | 0.01 | 0.90 | 118 (22.26%) | 109 (19.85%) | 0.94 | 0.33 | 90 (21.90%) | 136 (20.51%) | 0.29 | 0.59 |
Listen to the radio | 81 (13.94%) | 67 (13.45%) | 0.05 | 0.81 | 68 (12.83%) | 80 (14.57%) | 0.69 | 0.41 | 60 (14.60%) | 87 (13.12%) | 0.47 | 0.49 |
Consult doctor | 84 (14.46%) | 54 (10.84%) | 3.14 | 0.07 | 68 (12.83%) | 70 (12.75%) | 0.00 | 0.97 | 59 (14.36%) | 77 (11.61%) | 1.72 | 0.19 |
Have you injected flu vaccine in the past 3 years? (response = “yes”) | 260 (34.17%) | 221 (32.08%) | 0.71 | 0.40 | 231 (31.73%) | 250 (34.63%) | 1.37 | 0.24 | 203 (36.38%) | 276 (31.26%) | 4.04 | 0.04* |
After emergence of H7N9, what protective measures have you taken? | ||||||||||||
Washed hands more often than usual | 605 (79.50%) | 566 (82.15%) | 1.63 | 0.20 | 576 (79.12%) | 595 (82.41%) | 2.52 | 0.11 | 448 (80.29%) | 717 (81.20%) | 0.18 | 0.67 |
Ventilate room more frequency | 247 (36.01%) | 265 (38.46%) | 0.93 | 0.33 | 485 (66.62%) | 505 (69.94%) | 1.85 | 0.17 | 391 (70.07%) | 592 (67.04%) | 1.45 | 0.23 |
Cancelled or postponed social events | 353 (46.39%) | 354 (51.38%) | 3.60 | 0.06 | 369 (50.69%) | 338 (46.81%) | 2.18 | 0.14 | 271 (48.57%) | 430 (48.70%) | 0.00 | 0.96 |
Bought some drugs for preparation | 311 (40.87%) | 271 (39.33%) | 0.35 | 0.55 | 301 (41.35%) | 281 (38.92%) | 0.89 | 0.35 | 218 (39.07%) | 359 (40.66%) | 0.36 | 0.55 |
No longer bought poultries to eat | 274 (36.01%) | 265 (38.46%) | 0.93 | 0.33 | 253 (34.75%) | 286 (39.61%) | 3.66 | 0.06 | 221 (39.61%) | 315 (35.67%) | 2.26 | 0.13 |
Reduced the amount I go into shops | 207 (27.20%) | 209 (30.33%) | 0.17 | 0.19 | 215 (29.53%) | 201 (27.84%) | 0.51 | 0.48 | 162 (29.03%) | 251 (28.43%) | 0.06 | 0.80 |