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Characteristics of participating businesses and beliefs about pandemic influenza according to state |
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| Variable |
WA |
NSW |
p* |
Total |
| mean (SD) |
mean (SD) |
mean (SD) |
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| Number of employees (n = 201) |
14.6 (27.5) |
23.1 (36.5) |
0.07 |
18.9 (32.6) |
| Number of customers (n = 201) |
47.7 (88.8) |
75.5 (345.5) |
0.44 |
61.7 (252.5) |
| Per cent of staff university educated (n = 200) |
25.7 (33.9) |
44.4 (32.9) |
<0.001 |
35.2 (34.6) |
| Severity of pandemic influenza (n = 191) |
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| Per cent sick |
32.6 (20.4) |
36.6 (24.3) |
0.22 |
34.6 (22.4) |
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*Independent samples t-test Western Australia (WA) New South Wales (NSW) Standard deviation (SD) | ||||
Watkins et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:157 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-157 |
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