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Table 2 Association between the variables of community and occupation, and risk perceptiona

From: Rapid assessment of knowledge, attitudes, practices, and risk perception related to the prevention and control of Ebola virus disease in three communities of Sierra Leone

Characteristics

Odds ratios

(95 % CI)

P-value

Community

   

Jui

0.29

(0.19,0.44)

<.001

Kossoh Town

0.05

(0.03,0.12)

<.001

Grafton

Ref

  

Occupation

   

Government staff

0.62

(0.32,1.17)

0.139

Company staff

1.30

(0.61,2.77)

0.497

Petty trading

3.18

(1.83,5.54)

<.001

Teacher

1.25

(0.51,3.03)

0.624

Student

0.61

(0.26,1.46)

0.271

Other

0.94

(0.54,1.64)

0.829

Businessperson

Ref

  
  1. aMultivariable logistic regression done by ordinal regression on SPSS 20.0 using the logit method