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Table 4 Trust in formal and informal information by demographic characteristics

From: Avian influenza A/H7N9 risk perception, information trust and adoption of protective behaviours among poultry farmers in Jiangsu Province, China

Demographic characteristics

Trust in formal information

Trust in informal information

Trust (mostly/completely trustworthy)

P-valuea

Trust (mostly/completely trustworthy)

P-valueb

Gender

 Female

(69/71) 97.2%

0.011

(4/71) 5.6%

0.015

 Male

(226/226)100%

 

(39/226) 17.3%

 

Age

 ≦45 years

(55/55) 100%

0.804

(4/55) 7.3%

0.241

 46-55 years

(149/151) 98.7%

 

(24/151) 15.9%

 

 ≧56 years

(91/91) 100%

 

(15/91) 16.5%

 

Education

 Primary or below

(71/73) 97.3%

0.043

(7/73) 9.6%

<0.001

 Junior high school

(153/153) 100%

 

(14/153) 9.2%

 

 Senior high school or above

(71/71) 100%

 

(22/71) 31.0%

 

Years raising poultry

 ≦10 years

(127/129) 98.4%

0.153

(12/129) 9.3%

0.080

 ≦20 years

(123/123) 100%

 

(22/123) 17.9%

 

 ≧21 years

(45/45) 100%

 

(9/45) 20.0%

 
  1. aFisher Exact test
  2. bPearson chi-square