Table 2.
Distribution of responses to the risk attitude statements (Percent)
| Strongly disagree 1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Stongly agree 6 |
n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. I enjoy taking risks | 15.7 | 30.6 | 22.8 | 21.8 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 829 |
| b. I try to avoid situations that have uncertain outcomes* | 3.4 | 17.5 | 26.8 | 23.6 | 21.5 | 7.2 | 828 |
| c. Taking risks does not bother me if gains involved are high | 9.0 | 26.1 | 30.4 | 23.0 | 9.5 | 1.9 | 829 |
| d. I consider security an important element in every aspect of my life* | 0.8 | 5.2 | 12.0 | 26.3 | 36.1 | 19.4 | 825 |
| e. People have told me that I seem to enjoy taking chances | 26.6 | 31.0 | 21.7 | 12.5 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 822 |
| f. I rarely, if ever, take risks when there is another alternative* | 4.2 | 14.8 | 29.3 | 22.4 | 17.5 | 11.8 | 830 |
* In the construction of the risk attitude index, statement b, d and f were reversely recorded.