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Table 4 Effect of geographical distance on recruiter-recruita relationship

From: Tracking social contact networks with online respondent-driven detection: who recruits whom?

Variable

correlation/odds ratio

Same postal codeb

p value

1 to 10 kmb

p value

>10 kmb

p value

Overall test

Age

r

0.50 [0.39–0.61]

<0.001 (df: 177)

0.40 [0.25–0.53]

<0.001 (df: 144)

0.21 [0.06–0.35]

0.008 (df: 160)

0.008

Education

r rank

0.33 [0.19–0.47]

<0.001 (n: 179)

0.26 [0.09–0.41]

0.001 (n: 146)

0.32 [0.15–0.47]

<0.001 (n: 162)

0.770

Household size

r

0.40 [0.26–0.51]

<0.001 (df: 177)

0.08 [−0.09–0.24]

0.363 (df: 144)

0.14 [−0.01–0.29]

0.067 (df: 160)

0.004

Degree LOG

r

0.16 [0.01–0.30]

0.034 (df: 173)

−0.02 [−0.18–0.15]

0.855 (df: 136)

0.04 [−0.11–0.20]

0.583 (df: 154)

0.264

Belief vaccination protects

r rank

0.19 [0.04–0.35]

0.012 (n: 169)

0.17 [−0.00–0.33]

0.056 (n: 131)

0.41 [0.27–0.55]

<0.001 (n: 154)

0.041

Sex

OR

0.35 [0.14–0.79]

0.006 (n: 179)

4.86 [2.13–11.39]

<0.001 (n: 146)

1.91 [0.93–3.93]

0.054 (n: 162)

<0.001

Vaccinated

OR

4.94 [2.30–11.07]

<0.001 (n: 169)

3.54 [1.50–8.67]

0.001 (n: 131)

1.36 [0.66–2.81]

0.366 (n: 154)

0.025

One or more symptoms

OR

1.09 [0.57–2.11]

0.771 (n: 169)

3.03 [1.39–6.80]

0.002 (n: 131)

1.36 [0.68–2.72]

0.349 (n: 154)

0.093

Self-reported common cold

OR

1.27 [0.47–3.23]

0.585 (n: 169)

1.31 [0.33–4.35]

0.635 (n: 131)

1.10 [0.25–3.79]

0.874 (n: 154)

0.974

Self-reported influenza

OR

8.01 [1.98–31.38]

<0.001 (n: 169)

9.32 [1.22–59.64]

0.001 (n: 131)

4.90 [0.73–25.05]

0.052c (n: 154)

0.814

  1. aNumber of pairs with same postal code (n: 180 pairs), with same Internet Protocol (IP) address (n: 86), and number of pairs with both same postal code and same IP address (n: 72)
  2. bCorrelation coefficients/odds ratios with 95 % confidence intervals are shown
  3. cFisher’s exact test was used for contingency tables containing small values (n < 10)