Table 2.

Descriptive analyses and ANOVA values of the perceived susceptibility by age.

	Age in years	Perceived personal susceptibility			Perceived comparative susceptibility
		M	SD	F	M	SD	F
Common cold	<20	3.60	.68	6.89∗∗	3.20	1.00	2.93∗
	21–30	3.22	.93		3.05	.96
	31–40	3.27	.86		2.77	1.13
	41–50	2.65	1.18		2.52	1.28
	51–60	2.95	.93		2.79	.94
	>60	3.21	.74		2.88	.94
HIV	<20	1.40	.82	1.35	1.20	.61	.97
	21–30	1.10	.37		1.10	.48
	31–40	1.12	.32		1.27	.66
	41–50	1.15	.64		1.27	.84
	51–60	1.26	.67		1.31	.88
	>60	1.21	.67		1.19	.51
Avian flu far from Italy	<20	2.00	.91	2.77∗	1.60	.94	3.06∗
	21–30	1.59	.70		1.22	.52
	31–40	1.62	.88		1.31	.67
	41–50	1.46	.79		1.63	.97
	51–60	1.36	.73		1.67	.89
	>60	1.67	.94		1.82	.77
Avian flu in Italy	<20	2.20	.76	10.75∗∗	2.40	.82	3.95∗
	21–30	1.93	.75		2.02	.87
	31–40	1.65	.68		2.04	.90
	41–50	1.58	.76		2.06	1.03
	51–60	1.79	.79		2.05	.93
	>60	2.28	.81		2.44	.72
Tuberculosis	<20	1.70	.92	9.80∗∗	2.40	.94	6.82∗∗
	21–30	1.17	.37		2.10	.88
	31–40	1.31	.67		2.15	.91
	41–50	1.42	.79		2.15	1.02
	51–60	1.54	.81		2.21	.79
	>60	1.88	.90		2.53	.73
Influenza A/H1N1	<20	2.20	1.19	3.06∗	2.40	.821	3.55∗
	21–30	2.02	.81		2.02	.875
	31–40	2.04	.71		2.04	.907
	41–50	1.94	.88		2.06	1.034
	51–60	2.00	.82		2.05
	>60	2.35	.89		2.44
Novel virus	<20	2.70	1.12	8.41∗∗	2.40	.940	3.34∗
	21–30	2.12	.83		2.10	.883
	31–40	2.23	.80		2.15	.916
	41–50	1.79	.89		2.15	1.026
	51–60	2.23	.83		2.21	.795
	>60	2.49	.84		2.53	.731

Note: ∗ sig: P < .05; ∗∗sig: P < 001.