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Ebola Risk Perception in Germany, 2014

Nicole Rübsamen, Stefanie Castell, Johannes Horn, André Karch, Jördis J. Ott, Heike Raupach-Rosin, Beate Zoch, Gérard Krause, and Rafael T. Mikolajczyk

Author affiliations: Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany (N. Rübsamen, S. Castell, J. Horn, A. Karch, J.J. Ott, H. Raupach-Rosin, B. Zoch, G. Krause, R.T. Mikolajczyk); PhD Programme “Epidemiology,” Braunschweig-Hannover, Germany (N. Rübsamen, J. Horn, A. Karch, B. Zoch); German Centre for Infection Research, Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany (A. Karch, J.J. Ott, G. Krause, R.T. Mikolajczyk); Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (G. Krause, R.T. Mikolajczyk)

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Association between knowledge, media use, sociodemographic factors, and worries about EVD, Lower Saxony, Germany, 2014*

Characteristic	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p value†
Age, per 10-y increase	0.97 (0.87–1.08)	0.52
Sex		0.11
F	1.28 (0.94–1.74)
M	Reference
Education‡		0.39
Low	1.28 (0.92–1.78)
Intermediate	1.33 (0.83–2.14)
High	Reference
Increased media use		<0.001
Yes	2.14 (1.59–2.88)
No	Reference
Knowledge score (per 1-point increase)	0.87 (0.81–0.93)	<0.001

*Multivariable logistic regression. EVD, Ebola virus disease.
†Wald test.
‡Low, <12 y of vocational or secondary education and/or completed apprenticeship; intermediate, at least 12 y of vocational or secondary education and/or degree of a specialized vocational school; high, university training (bachelor degree and higher academic level).

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