Table 2

Characteristics of participating businesses and beliefs about pandemic influenza according to state

Variable
WA
NSW
p*
Total

mean (SD)
mean (SD)

mean (SD)

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)




     Per cent sick
32.6 (20.4)
36.6 (24.3)
0.22
34.6 (22.4)

*Independent samples t-test

Western Australia (WA)

New South Wales (NSW)

Standard deviation (SD)

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