Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018
Research
Risk Communication and Ebola-Specific Knowledge and Behavior during 2014–2015 Outbreak, Sierra Leone
Table 6
Mediation analyses for knowledge, misconceptions, protective behavior, and risk behavior among respondents to Ebola knowledge, attitude, and practice surveys, Sierra Leone, 2014–2015*
Category |
Beta A (SE) |
Beta B (SE) |
Beta AB (SE) |
p value† AB |
Mediation analyses for knowledge and protective behavior | ||||
Type of information | ||||
Electronic media | 0.558 (0.091) | 0.662 (0.047) | 0.369 (0.066) | <0.001 |
Print media | 0.387 (0.088) | 0.662 (0.047) | 0.256 (0.061) | <0.001 |
New media | 0.342 (0.069) | 0.662 (0.047) | 0.226 (0.048) | <0.001 |
Government | 0.444 (0.048) | 0.662 (0.047) | 0.294 (0.038) | <0.001 |
Community | 0.365 (0.049) | 0.662 (0.047) | 0.242 (0.037) | <0.001 |
No. sources | ||||
0–1 source | ||||
2 sources | 0.317 (0.055) | 0.664 (0.047) | 0.210 (0.039) | <0.001 |
3 sources | 0.737 (0.060) | 0.664 (0.047) | 0.489 (0.052) | <0.001 |
4–5 sources |
1.341 (0.096) |
0.664 (0.047) |
0.890 (0.090) |
<0.001 |
Mediation analyses for misconceptions and risk behavior | ||||
Type of information | ||||
Electronic media | 0.350 (0.092) | 0.400 (0.047) | 0.140 (0.040) | <0.001 |
Print media | −0.022 (0.084) | 0.400 (0.047) | −0.009 (0.034) | 0.791 |
New media | 0.157 (0.068) | 0.400 (0.047) | 0.063 (0.028) | 0.024 |
Government | 0.227 (0.049) | 0.400 (0.047) | 0.091 (0.022) | <0.001 |
Community | 0.329 (0.050) | 0.400 (0.047) | 0.132 (0.025) | <0.001 |
No. sources | ||||
0–1 source | ||||
2 sources | 0.063 (0.056) | 0.400 (0.047) | 0.025 (0.023) | 0.277 |
3 sources | 0.510 (0.062) | 0.400 (0.047) | 0.204 (0.034) | <0.001 |
4–5 sources | 0.622 (0.089) | 0.400 (0.047) | 0.249 (0.046) | <0.001 |
*Beta coefficients of the adjusted ORs (adjusted for region, gender, age, religion, educational level, level of outbreak and all other information sources): A, B refer to the paths in Technical Appendix Figure 2 (https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/EID/article/24/2/17-1028-Techapp1.pdf); AB is the multiplication of A and B. OR, odds ratio.
†χ2 test with 1 df.