Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants in the two consecutive surveys about EVD risk perceptions

	Participants in both surveys (N = 620)	Participants in first survey only (N = 354)	p-value
Age (years), median (interquartile range)	49 (37, 58)	42 (31, 53)	< 0.001
Women, N (%)	362 (58.4%)	189 (54.2%)	0.23
Highest completed educational level, N (% of 604 non-missing answers)
• Lower secondary education or apprenticeship	168 (27.8%)	75 (21.8%)	0.05
• Still at upper secondary school	8 (1.3%)	7 (2.0%)	0.57
• University entrance qualification (upper secondary education or vocational school)	168 (27.8%)	102 (29.7%)	0.6
• University degree	260 (43.1%)	160 (46.5%)	0.33
Born in Germany, N (% of 602 non-missing answers)	577 (95.8%)	325 (94.5%)	0.42