Table 4

Bivariate associations between selected belief variables and dependent variables
Variable (abbreviated name)
 Phi*
(p)


Severity
 Risk a
 Risk b
 Thought
 Efficacy
 Help
Severity of pandemic influenza (Severity)
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
     (30% or more sick)





Risk of pandemic influenza (Risk a)
 0.28
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
     (Likely or very likely)
 (<0.001)




Risk to business (Risk b)
 0.39
 0.37
 -
 -
 -
 -
     (Moderate or high risk)
 (<0.001)
 (<0.001)



Thought about pandemic influenza (Thought)
 0.21
 0.30
 0.17
 -
 -
 -
     (A lot)
 (0.004)
 (<0.001)
 (0.02)


Response efficacy (Efficacy)
 0.10
 0.15
 0.17
 0.15
 -
 -
     (High)
 (0.14)
 (0.03)
 (0.02)
 (0.03)

Need help to prepare (Help)
 0.18
 0.18
 0.27
 0.25
 0.19
 -
     (Yes)
 (0.009)
 (0.01)
 (<0.001)
 (0.001)
 (0.006)
Pandemic influenza plan
 0.19
 0.18
 0.17
 0.28
 0.18
 0.05
     (Yes)
 (0.007)
 (0.01)
 (0.01)
 (<0.001)
 (0.01)
 (0.49)

* Phi indicates the proportion of the total variance explained

Watkins et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:157   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-157