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. 2023 Apr 5;20(7):5404. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20075404

Table 11.

Odds ratios and 95% CI for non-financial effects of fraud (n = 12,519).

Variable Angry Irritated Embarrassment Stressed Physical
Effect
Age (ref = 65+)
   18–34 0.48 (0.42–0.55) *** 0.57 (0.50–0.66) *** 0.71 (0.59–0.84) *** 0.85 (0.74–0.98) * 0.54 (0.42–0.71) ***
  35–49 0.60 (0.53–0.68) *** 0.68 (0.59–0.78) *** 0.80 (0.67–0.94) *** 0.89 (0.78–1.01) 0.77 (0.61–0.99) *
  50–64 0.67 (0.60–0.76) *** 0.81 (0.71–0.93) *** 0.83 (0.71–0.98) * 0.88 (0.77–1.00) 0.79 (0.64–1.02)
Gender (ref = female)
  Male 0.63 (0.58–0.68) *** 0.62 (0.57–0.67) *** 0.92 (0.83–1.02) 0.68 (0.63–0.74) *** 0.85 (0.73–0.99) *
Education (ref = low)
  Medium 1.16 (0.99–1.35) 1.06 (0.90–1.24) 1.05 (0.84–1.29) 0.84 (0.72–0.99) * 0.58 (0.45–0.74) ***
  High 1.01 (0.87–1.18) 1.05 (0.89–1.24) 1.01 (0.81–1.24) 0.87 (0.74–1.03) 0.53 (0.41–0.68) ***
Financial situation
(ref = difficult)
  Easy 0.72 (0.66–0.79) *** 0.79 (0.72–0.87) *** 0.75 (0.67–0.8) *** 0.73 (0.67–0.80) *** 0.41 (0.35–0.49) ***
Live only adult (ref = yes)
  No 1.10 (1.00–1.20) 1.03 (0.94–1.14) 0.92 (0.81–1.04) 0.93 (0.84–1.02) 0.85 (0.72–1.02)
Area live (ref = rural)
  Small/medium town 0.85 (0.77–0.94) *** 0.96 (0.87–1.06) 1.14 (1.00–1.30) * 1.00 (0.90–1.11) 0.75 (0.61–0.90) ***
  Large town 0.82 (0.74–0.91) *** 0.87 (0.79–0.97) * 0.97 (0.84–1.11) 0.87 (0.78–0.96) * 0.86 (0.70–1.04)
Internet use
(ref = every day)
  Every week 0.82 (0.73–0.94) *** 0.86 (0.75–0.98) * 1.29 (1.10–1.52) *** 0.97 (0.85–1.11) 1.05 (0.82–1.34)
  Less than every week 1.21 (1.03–1.43) * 0.88 (0.75–1.05) 0.93 (0.74–1.12) 0.98 (0.83–1.16) 1.42 (1.07–1.83) ***
  Never 1.61 (1.13–1.91) *** 1.26 (0.97–1.69) 1.03 (0.68–1.33) 0.66 (0.50–0.88) *** 1.05 (0.62–1.47)
Online shopping
(ref = every month)
  Less than every month 0.91 (0.83–0.99) * 0.97 (0.87–1.04) 0.89 (0.79–1.00) * 1.01 (0.92–1.11) 1.18 (0.99–1.41)
  Never 0.77 (0.65–0.92) *** 0.81 (0.68–0.97) * 1.35 (1.08–1.69) ** 0.83 (0.69–1.00) 1.17 (0.85–1.61)
Seen fraud awareness campaign (ref = yes)
  No 0.90 (0.83–0.98) * 0.89 (0.82–0.98) * 0.94 (0.84–1.05) 0.89 (0.82–0.97) * 0.93 (0.78–1.10)
Avoid clicking suspicious links (ref = always)
  Sometimes 0.96 (0.85–1.07) 1.04 (0.92–1.17) 1.19 (1.02–1.38) * 1.23 (1.09–1.39) *** 1.44 (1.15–1.79) ***
  Never 0.94 (0.79–1.04) 0.91 (0.80–1.06) 1.41 (1.16–1.61) *** 1.44 (1.26–1.65) *** 1.34 (1.06–1.69) *
Use antivirus (ref = always)
  Sometimes 1.06 (0.93–1.19) 1.03 (0.90–1.16) 1.35 (1.16–1.57) *** 1.35 (1.19–1.53) *** 0.99 (0.77–1.26)
  Never 0.96 (0.87–1.09) 0.84 (0.75–0.95) *** 1.04 (0.89–1.20) 0.81 (0.73–0.94) *** 1.13 (0.88–1.36)
Check credibility of vendor (ref = always)
  Sometimes 0.94 (0.86–1.02) 0.98 (0.90–1.08) 1.14 (1.01–1.28) * 0.96 (0.87–1.05) 0.93 (0.77–1.11)
  Never 0.83 (0.74–0.93) *** 0.91 (0.81–1.04) 1.05 (0.90–1.23) 1.16 (1.02–1.31) * 1.00 (0.80–1.26)
Read terms and conditions (ref = always)
  Sometimes 1.01 (0.92–1.11) 1.25 (1.13–1.38) *** 0.95 (0.84–1.08) 0.92 (0.84–1.02) 0.63 (0.52–0.75) ***
  Never 0.93 (0.83–1.03) 0.94 (0.83–1.05) 0.90 (0.77–1.04) 0.75 (0.67–0.84) *** 0.79 (0.64–0.97) *
Financial loss (ref = no)
  Yes 5.10 (4.57–5.65) *** 3.72 (3.32–4.16) *** 5.62 (5.06–6.26) *** 3.96 (3.62–4.33) *** 4.90 (4.18–5.74) ***

*** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05.