Table 5.

Associations of risk perception, knowledge, and personal characteristics with overreaction in one's own behavior

Characteristic	Overreaction (self)
	Odds ratio	95% CI	P value
Female (vs male)	1.20	0.90-1.60	.212
Age (per 3-y increase)*	0.92	0.78-1.08	.295
Korean (vs foreigner)	1.72	0.94-3.15	.079
Undergraduate (vs graduate)	1.16	0.78-1.73	.473
Knowledge	0.90	0.82-0.99	.037†
Trust (media)	1.17	0.99-1.37	.060
Trust (medical)	0.95	0.81-1.11	.529
Trust (central government)	1.08	0.89-1.31	.428
Trust (local government)	1.06	0.88-1.28	.516
Trust (NGO)	1.04	0.89-1.21	.611
Trust (society)	0.81	0.66-0.98	.029†
Trust (health policy)	1.00	0.84-1.20	.992
Optimism (health policy)	0.98	0.82-1.17	.817
Willingness to sacrifice	0.95	0.78-1.17	.646
Responsiveness to emergency	1.32	1.05-1.66	.016†
Risk perception	2.80	2.17-3.60	<.001‡

CI, confidence interval; NGO, nongovernmental organization.

^*Minimum age, 18 years; maximum age, >30 years.

^†P < .05.

^‡P < .01.