Background
Methods
Case
Survey
Analyses
Result
Demographics
Sample | Dutch population | |
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Sex
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Male | 49.4% | 49.5% |
Female | 50.6% | 50.5% |
Age
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< 20 | 1.2% | 3.1% |
20 to 40 | 36.4% | 31.3% |
40 to 65 | 43.6% | 45.1% |
65 to 80 | 16.1% | 15.3% |
> 80 | 2.7% | 5.2% |
Family situation
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Single, no children | 31.8% | 36.8% |
Single, with children | 5.8% | 6.8% |
Living together or married; no children | 26.1% | 29.2% |
Living together or married; with children | 34.8% | 27.3% |
Other | 1.5% | 0.6% |
Education
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Low | 40.8% | 31.7% |
Intermediate | 36.0% | 40.5% |
High | 23.2% | 27.9% |
Ethnicity
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Dutch | 84.9% | 79.1% |
Other | 15.1% | 20.9% |
Daily occupation
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School | 9.3% | |
Entrepreneur | 2.7% | |
Paid commercial job | 31.0% | |
Paid non-profit job | 19.0% | |
Houseman/-wife | 9.4% | |
Incapacitated | 6.4% | |
Unemployed | 4.4% | |
Retired | 16.4% | |
Other | 1.5% | |
Income
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Minimum | 9.4% | |
Below average | 22.1% | |
Average | 18.8% | |
1-2 times average | 19.6% | |
> 2 times average | 7.9% | |
Do not know | 5.7% | |
Do not want to disclose | 16.4% |
Perceptions
Illness | Mean severity | S.D. |
---|---|---|
Ordinary flu | 2.51 | .97 |
Diabetes | 4.34 | .80 |
Heart attack | 4.83 | .43 |
Salmonella infection | 4.13 | .89 |
Asthma | 4.23 | .84 |
HIV or AIDS | 4.88 | .38 |
Knowledge
Correct answer | Percentage of correct respondent replies | |
---|---|---|
People can get Salmonella from eating contaminated food. | True | 97.4% |
Salmonella can develop into a very serious infection, especially with babies and the elderly. | True | 96.3% |
When there is an outbreak (several people are suffering from Salmonella), the Municipal Health Service tries to identify the source. | True | 96.2% |
Most of the time, people get Salmonella from others who are already infected. | False | 91.3% |
By properly washing and heating food, you can prevent getting ill from Salmonella. | True | 86.8% |
If you have symptoms from Salmonella (like vomiting or diarrhea), you are temporarily not allowed to work in healthcare. | True | 81.2% |
Salmonella can predominantly be found on chicken, raw vegetables, and fruit. | True | 61.0% |
After you have eaten Salmonella-contaminated food, it can take weeks before you become ill. | False | 52.5% |
Salmonella is almost always treated with antibiotics. | False | 28.7% |
Preventive behavior
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275 respondents (26.0%) checked but did not have salmon at home;
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99 respondents (9.4%) checked and did have salmon at home;
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684 respondents (64.7%) did not check if they had salmon at home.
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55 respondents (55.2%) found out their salmon was not contaminated;
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22 respondents (22.6%) threw all salmon away;
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3 respondents (3.2%) found out they had contaminated salmon and threw it away;
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6 respondents (6.5%) found out they had contaminated salmon, but did eat it;
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12 respondents (12.5%) did something else, mostly returning contaminated salmon to the supermarket.
Sources of information
TV | Radio | Paper | Nu.nl | Newspaper website | Twitter | Facebook/Hyves | |
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R2
| .17 | .22 | .30 | .11 | .08 | .09 | .09 |
Beta | Beta | Beta | Beta | Beta | Beta | Beta | |
Perceived severity Salmonella | .06 | ||||||
Perceived severity Salmonella outbreak | .11** | .09** | .08* | .07 | |||
Carefulness with salmon preparation | .06 | .09** | |||||
Carefulness with general food preparation | .15*** | .06 | .13*** | ||||
Interest in health information | .25*** | .17*** | .16*** | .15*** | .22*** | .06 | |
Perceived health | .10** | .10** | .06 | .10* | .07* | ||
Knowledge about Salmonella | -.08* | ||||||
Time spent with/on medium | .24*** | .40*** | .45*** | .11*** | .09** | .25*** | .17*** (Facebook) .11** (Hyves) |
Age | -.06 | -.25*** | -.08* | -.10** | -.11** | ||
Education | -.08* | -.07 | |||||
Children | .06 | .07* | |||||
Sex | -.15*** | -.10** | -.05 | -.07 | -.11** | -.06 | |
Income | .07* | .06* |
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The website of the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) (22 respondents);
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The website of their Municipal Health Service (21 respondents);
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The website of a newspaper (16 respondents);
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The website of the Food Center, a Dutch authority that provides the general public with information about healthy and safe food consumption (16 respondents);
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Wikipedia (16 respondents);
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The website of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) (12 respondents);
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The website of the company that was the source of the outbreak (6 respondents);
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Facebook or Hyves – a Dutch social network (3 respondents);
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A different website (15 respondents).