Table 3.

Spearman correlations, means, SDs and ranges of study variables (n=1407)

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Age, y	-
2. Gender	0.19***	-
3. Marital status	0.40***	0.08	-
4. Pre-existing conditions (health problems)	0.21***	0.05	-0.02	-
5. Perceived health status	-0.08**	.01	0.03	-0.42***	-
6. Perceived susceptibility	-0.10**	-0.10**	-0.02	0.06	-0.16***	-
7. Emotional reactions	-0.24***	-0.22**	-0.11***	0.07	-0.12***	0.30***	-
Mean	40.97	0.20	0.63	0.15	2.78	2.72	3.25
SD	14.66	0.40	0.48	0.36	0.45	0.93	1.14
Possible range	-	-	-	-	1–3	1–5	1–5
Actual range	18–97	-	-	-	1–3	1–5	1–5

Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons: **p<0.002, ***p<0.001

Gender: 1-male, 0-female

Marital status: 1-married, 0-not married

Pre-existing conditions (health problems): 1-yes, 0-no

Perceived health status: 3-good, 2-fair, 1-poor

Perceived susceptibility: 5-high, 1-low