Table 6

Prevalence estimates and pairwise comparisons, willingness to comply with health protective behaviours in persons who think pandemic influenza is very or extremely likely to occur and are very or extremely concerned for self and family, by socio-demographic subgroups and health status

Responses ONLY for those people who think that Pandemic influenza is very/extremely likely and are also very/extremely concerned for self and family (n = 212)
Very willing to comply with vaccination
Very willing to comply with isolation
Very willing to comply with wearing a face mask
Very willing to comply with ALL: vaccination + isolation+ wearing a face mask


% (95%CI)
% (95%CI)
% (95%CI)
% (95%CI)

Total NSW population
89.0 (84.2, 93.9)
80.2 (72.6, 87.8)
76.4 (69.1, 83.7)
63.6 (54.5, 72.8)

Gender




Male
90.5 (83.0, 98.0)
80.6 (68.4, 92.8)
74.0 (61.6, 86.4)
64.8 (49.6, 80.0)
Female
87.6 (81.6, 93.7)
79.8 (70.3, 89.4)
78.6 (70.4, 86.8)
62.5 (52.3, 72.8)

Age§




16–24
67.1 (23.0, 100)
26.3 (0, 71.1)*
52.6 (1.2, 100)
-
25–34
95.0 (85.0, 100)
59.9 (28.1, 91.7)
80.7 (60.0, 100)
51.9 (20.3, 83.6)
35–44
85.4 (68.9, 100)
86.0 (70.6, 100)
63.2 (35.5, 90.9)
55.8 (24.7, 87.0)
45–54
90.9 (84.0, 97.8)
76.2 (59.0, 93.4)
83.3 (72.6, 93.9)
65.0 (48.0, 82.0)
55–64
90.8 (83.0, 98.6)
91.9 (84.4, 99.5)*
77.9 (65.2, 90.6)
70.1 (55.6, 84.7)
65–74
92.4 (85.8, 99.0)
86.1 (76.8, 95.4)
85.9 (73.4, 98.4)
81.8 (71.5, 92.1)**
75+
87.1 (70.8, 100)
85.6 (68.1, 100)
77.2 (56.5, 97.9)
72.9 (50.9, 94.9)

Children in household




Yes
93.6(84.8, 100)
71.7 (50.2, 93.3)
77.2 (60.7, 93.8)
58.9 (34.8, 83.0)
No
87.4 (80.9, 94.0)
77.0 (76.6, 90.8)
77.9 (68.9, 87.0)
69.6 (60.0, 79.3)

Born in Australia




Yes
88.9 (83.3, 94.6)
84.9 (78.7, 91.1)
76.1 (67.8, 84.3)
68.0 (58.6, 77.5)
No
89.4 (80.1, 98.6)
64.2 (42.5, 85.9)
77.3 (62.0, 92.5)
48.6 (28.4, 68.8)

Speak language other than English at home




Yes
84.6 (65.1, 100)
41.1(11.9, 70.2)
60.4 (32.8, 88.1)
17.6 (0, 35.9)
No
89.8 (85.4, 94.3)
85.9 (80.5, 91.4)**
79.2 (72.3, 86.1)
70.4 (62.2, 78.6)***

Location




Urban
87.9 (80.3, 95.5)
81.3 (69.7, 92.8)
79.0 (68.8, 89.1)
63.5 (49.2, 77.8)
Rural
90.7 (85.9, 95.4)
78.8 (70.3, 87.4)
72.7 (63.2, 82.2)
63.8 (54.1, 73.5)

Living alone




Yes
86.2 (77.7, 94.6)
84.3 (74.7, 93.9)
68.9 (55.5, 82.3)
51.6 (37.9, 65.3)
No
89.6 (84.1, 95.0)
79.5 (70.7, 88.3)
77.7 (69.5, 85.9)
65.8 (55.5, 76.2)

Highest formal qualification§




None
92.1 (83.9, 100)
79.2 (64.9, 93.5)
65.0 (44.2, 85.8)
55.8 (34.1, 77.5)
School certificate
79.3 (66.7, 91.8)
73.9 (60.2, 87.7)
71.7 (57.9, 85.5)
55.1 (40.8, 69.5)
High school certificate
91.5 (82.0, 100)
75.8(50.0, 100)
86.3 (71.7, 100)
63.6 (38.8, 88.5)
TAFE certificate/diploma
87.0 (73.6, 100)
77.3 (61.6, 93.1)
68.0 (49.8, 86.2)
65.0 (46.5, 83.6)
University degree/equivalent
95.0 (89.9, 100)
88.6 (74.3, 100)
84.4 (73.4, 95.5)
71.7 (54.4, 90.0)

Employed




Yes
88.5 (81.0, 96.0)
78.0 (67.0, 89.0)
74.9 (64.5, 85.3)
61.2 (48.9, 73.5)
No
88.3 (81.7, 95.0)
79.3 (67.9, 90.7)
74.1 (64.2, 84.0)
60.3 (48.3, 72.4)

Household income§




<$20 k
94.1 (89.5, 98.7)
89.4 (81.8, 97.0)
75.3 (62.2, 88.4)
71.0 (57.6, 84.5)
$20 k – $40 k
79.8 (67.1, 92.4)
82.4 (69.7, 95.1)
81.2 (68.4, 94.0)
65.1 (50.1, 80.1)
$40 k – $60 k
86.7 (68.5, 100)
72.3 (53.1, 91.4)
64.4 (42.6, 86.3)
54.6 (33.4, 75.7)
$60 k – $80 k
93.4 (82.8, 100)
81.1 (51.8, 100)
86.0 (67.2, 100)
68.3 (32.6, 100)
> $80 k
93.5 (85.9, 100)
91.5 (81.3, 100)
83.3 (69.1, 97.5)
73.1 (55.6, 90.5)

High psychological distress (≥ 22)ψ




Yes
90.1 (75.3, 100)
75.2 (47.0, 100)
85.8 (71.2, 100)
57.2 (29.3, 85.1)
No
85.6 (4.4, 77.0)
81.0 (71.7, 90.2)
69.4 (57.8, 81.1)
61.7 (49.7, 73.6)

Positive self-rated health status (good, very good, excellent)




Yes
93.6 (89.0, 98.2)
86.4 (77.8, 95.1)
79.4 (68.5, 90.4)
74.0 (61.6, 86.4)*
No
90.1 (80.2, 99.9)
64.0 (39.6, 88.4)
67.7 (46.3, 89.0)
40.3 (16.8, 63.8)

Notes: Level of statistical significance: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. Population level frequencies do not agree with Table 3 as don't know/refused responses were excluded from this analysis. § For pairwise comparison testing in subgroups with more than two categories comparisons are made between each subgroup prevalence and the overall population prevalence. ψPsychological distress was measured using the K10. Values range from 10–50, with 'high' psychological distress considered as being ≥ 22.

Source: New South Wales Health Survey Program. Sydney: New South Wales Department of Health, 2008.

Barr et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:117   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-117