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Table 4 Anxiety, associations with infection and perceptions of risk group

From: Early responses to H7N9 in southern Mainland China

Associations with H7N9

Correlation Spearman r with Anxiety (number)

- Floating pigs

.18** (1004)

- New migrants

.07 (1001)

- Poor Chinese hygiene

.05 (1006)

- Unhygienic poultry trade

.11** (1008)

- Recent temperature fluctuations

.07 (1006)

- Global climate change

.05 (1007)

Risk group

 

- Regular contact with poultry

.06 (928)

- Migrants

.01 (800)

- Children

.14** (904)

- Young people

.08 (879)

- Elderly people

.10* (933)

- Those with weak immunity

.08 (920)

  1. *p < .01; ** p < .001.
  2. Note numbers in risk group exclude those who were uncertain.