Volume 16, Number 8—August 2010
Research
Responses to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Australia
Keith Eastwood
, David N. Durrheim, Michelle Butler, and Alison Jones
, David N. Durrheim, Michelle Butler, and Alison JonesTable 2
Predicted compliance with public health authority requests with regard to influenza pandemic, Australia, 2009*
| Variable |
Home quarantine for 1 wk if exposed | Local quarantine of an affected area | Avoid public events for 1 mo | Avoid social gatherings for 1 mo | Wear a surgical mask in public | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR
(95% CI) |
p value |
OR
(95% CI) |
p value |
OR
(95% CI) |
p
value |
OR
(95% CI) |
p
value |
OR
(95% CI) |
p
value |
|||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||||
| F | 2.34 (1.21–4.53) | 0.012 | ||||||||||||
| M |
1.00 |
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| Age range, y | ||||||||||||||
| 20–40 | 0.30 (0.10–0.89) | 0.030 | 0.29 (0.12–0.74) | 0.010 | 0.98 (0.58–1.65) | 0.930 | 0.56 (0.37–0.87) | 0.009 | ||||||
| 41–60 | 0.37 (0.12–1.12) | 0.078 | 0.34 (0.13–0.87) | 0.024 | 0.57 (0.35–0.95) | 0.031 | 0.58 (0.37–0.90) | 0.014 | ||||||
| >61 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Personally experienced ILI during pandemic | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 6.94 (2.10–22.95) | 0.001 | 1.70 (1.09–2.64) | 0.019 | ||||||||||
| No |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Concerned | ||||||||||||||
| Quite/ extremely | 4.72 (2.60–8.54) | <0.001 | 2.63 (1.75–3.95) | <0.001 | 3.31 (2.12–5.18) | <0.001 | ||||||||
| A little | 2.82 (1.86–4.29) | <0.001 | 1.49 (1.09–2.06) | 0.014 | 2.85 (2.00–4.04) | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Not |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Highest education level | ||||||||||||||
| Tertiary† | 1.82 (1.23–2.68) | 0.003 | 1.88 (1.37–2.59) | 0.001 | ||||||||||
| Other | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
*Multivariate logistic regression analysis for 830 respondents, sample weighted to the age and sex distribution of the population of Australia (9). Only significant results are shown. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ILI, influenza-like illness.
†University or professional qualifications.
