Adjusted odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) for the likelihood of newspaper coverage outcomes, based on victim ethnicity and victim-suspect relationship
| Victim ethnicity (v white) | Victim-suspect relationship (v stranger) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian | Black | Hispanic | Acquaintance | Child | Gang | Intimate | |
| †Gang was dropped from the regression due to zero observations in one cell; *p<0.05. | |||||||
| Prominence | |||||||
| Section of paper | |||||||
| A (v B) | 1.70 (0.4 to 7.4) | 0.89 (0.2 to 3.8) | 1.56 (0.4 to 6.2) | 4.21 (0.8 to 22.0) | 3.85 (0.6 to 26.0) | 5.69 (1.01 to 32.0)* | 1.94 (0.3 to 12.7) |
| Location in section | |||||||
| Front (v back) | 1.28 (0.5 to 3.3) | 1.24 (0.6 to 2.8) | 0.72 (0.3 to 1.6) | 0.53 (0.2 to 1.2) | 1.25 (0.4 to 3.7) | 0.77 (0.3 to 1.9) | 0.56 (0.2 to 1.3) |
| Placement on page | |||||||
| Top (v lower half) | 2.17 (0.6 to 7.9) | 0.38 (0.1 to 1.1) | 1.53 (0.5 to 4.8) | 1.87 (0.6 to 5.9) | 5.47 (0.97 to 31) | 1.11 (0.3 to 3.7) | 1.98 (0.6 to 6.4) |
| Number of words | |||||||
| More (v fewer) | 1.01 (0.4 to 2.5) | 0.54 (0.2 to 1.2) | 0.54 (0.2 to 1.2) | 1.14 (0.5 to 2.5) | 1.65 (0.6 to 4.8) | 1.80 (0.7 to 4.6) | 0.66 (0.3 to 1.6) |
| Photo/s with story | |||||||
| Yes (v no) | 1.24 (0.4 to 3.5) | 0.55 (0.2 to 1.5) | 0.71 (0.3 to 1.9) | 0.64 (0.2 to 1.7) | 1.09 (0.3 to 3.6) | 1.26 (0.4 to 3.6) | 0.36 (0.1 to 1.1) |
| Story frame | |||||||
| Victim's background | |||||||
| Yes (v no) | 0.33 (0.1 to 1.1) | 0.49 (0.2 to 1.3) | 0.63 (0.2 to 1.6) | 0.48 (0.2 to 1.3) | 0.32 (0.1 to 1.3) | 0.49 (0.2 to 1.5) | 0.47 (0.2 to 1.3) |
| Suspect's background | |||||||
| Yes (v no) | 1.81 (0.5 to 6.5) | 0.30 (0.1 to 1.3) | 0.81 (0.2 to 2.7) | 1.86 (0.5 to 7.3) | 6.54 (1.5 to 29.5)* | † | 2.44 (0.6 to 9.9) |
| Issue background | |||||||
| Yes (v no) | 0.77 (0.2 to 3.1) | 0.33 (0.1 to 1.3) | 0.42 (0.1 to 1.6) | 1.84 (0.4 to 8.4) | 4.11 (0.8 to 21.6) | 9.60 (2.2 to 42.2)* | 0.40 (0.04 to 4.1) |
| Hook | |||||||
| Yes (v no) | 0.73 (0.3 to 2.2) | 0.55 (0.2 to 1.5) | 0.78 (0.3 to 2.1) | 0.46 (0.2 to 1.2) | 0.94 (0.3 to 3.0) | 0.85 (0.3 to 2.4) | 0.13 (0.03 to 0.5)* |
| Focus of story | |||||||
| Thematic (v episodic) | 1.88 (0.5 to 7.7) | 1.31 (0.3 to 5.1) | 0.87 (0.2 to 3.7) | 1.04 (0.3 to 3.6) | 0.82 (0.1 to 4.6) | 2.11 (0.6 to 7.4) | 0.20 (0.02 to 1.7) |
| Genre | |||||||
| Opinion (v factual) | 0.34 (0.1 to 1.2) | 0.59 (0.2 to 1.6) | 0.46 (0.2 to 1.3) | 0.78 (0.3 to 2.2) | 1.74 (0.5 to 5.8) | 1.67 (0.6 to 4.9) | 0.23 (0.06 to 0.9)* |
| Tone | |||||||
| Emotional (v non-emotional) | 1.03 (0.4 to 2.9) | 0.61 (0.2 to 1.6) | 0.68 (0.3 to 1.8) | 0.61 (0.2 to 1.5) | 0.53 (0.2 to 1.8) | 1.09 (0.4 to 3.0) | 0.23 (0.07 to 0.7)* |