Table 3.

Differences in perceived vulnerability and perceived stress based on sex, age, civil status, number of children, and years of experience.

Indicator	Group	Mean	t	df	p (2-tailed)
Sex
Perceived infectability	Female	4.39	0.972	174	0.333
	Male	4.25
Germ aversion	Female	5.69	1.216	174	0.225
	Male	5.53
Perceived stress	Female	19.03	−0.845	174	0.399
	Male	19.69
Nationality
Perceived infectability	Non-Saudi	4.39	0.826	174	0.410
	Saudi	4.28
Germ aversion	Non-Saudi	5.75	2.782	174	0.321
	Saudi	5.42
Perceived stress	Non-Saudi	19.00	−0.869	174	0.386

Indicator	F	df	p (2-tailed)
Age
Perceived infectability	0.472	3	0.734
Germ aversion	1.648	3	0.180
Perceived stress	0.748	3	0.525
Civil Status
Perceived infectability	1.779	2	0.172
Germ aversion	1.364	2	0.258
Perceived stress	2.914	2	0.863
Number of Children
Perceived infectability	0.967	3	0.410
Germ aversion	1.155	3	0.329
Perceived stress	0.653	3	0.582
Years of Experience
Perceived infectability	1.570	3	0.199
Germ aversion	8.980	3	0.000
Perceived stress	0.766	3	0.515

df – degrees of freedom.