Table 4.
Bivariate correlations (n = 331).
| Construct | Pearson Correlation—r (Spearman’s Rho—rs) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA | AP | SA | RB | RC | UN | RAC | NDSP | ||
| General awareness of water pollution and reproductive health problems (GA) | |||||||||
| Awareness of the pathways of exposure that may affect reproductive health (AP) | 0.331 ** (0.133 *) | ||||||||
| Specific awareness of endocrine disrupting surfactants (SA) | −0.078 (−0.073) | 0.014 (0.053) | |||||||
| Risk perception | Risk belief (RB) | 0.249 ** (0.168 **) | 0.225 ** (0.223 **) | 0.529 ** (0.548 **) | |||||
| Risk concern (RC) | 0.337 ** (0.428 **) | 0.057 (0.023) | 0.184 ** (0.232 **) | 0.134 * (0.171 **) | |||||
| Perceived uncertainty (UN) | −0.009 (0.047) | −0.084 (−0.118 *) | −0.400 ** (−0.393 **) | −0.317 ** (−0.357 **) | −0.403 ** (−0.498 **) | ||||
| Risk acceptability (RAC) | 0.427 ** (0.454 **) | 0.029 (−0.045) | 0.084 (0.056) | 0.478 ** (0.362 **) | 0.338 ** (0.330 **) | 0.066 (0.114 *) | |||
| Non-diet-related self-protective response (NDSP) | 0.204 ** (0.201 **) | 0.191 ** (0.226 **) | 0.357 ** (0.362 **) | 0.472 ** (0.486 **) | 0.137 * (0.157 **) | −0.210 ** (−0.252 **) | 0.520 ** (0.474 **) | ||
| Diet-related self-protective response (DSP) | −0.046 (−0.031) | −0.052 (−0.043) | −0.057 (−0.062) | −0.083 (−0.096) | −0.128 * (−0.131 *) | 0.200 ** (0.211 **) | −0.002 (0.020) | −0.068 (−0.119 *) | |
Note: * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed); ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).