Table 4.

Multiple hierarchical regressions for perceived susceptibility and emotional reactions (n=1407)

	Perceived susceptibility			Emotional reactions
	B	SE	β	B	SE	β
Step 1
Age, y	-0.01	0.01	-0.11***	-0.01	0.01	-0.19***
Gender	-0.16	0.07	-0.07	-0.45	0.08	-0.16***
Marital status	0.08	0.06	0.04	-0.05	0.07	-0.02
Pre-existing conditions (health problems)	0.03	0.09	0.01	0.29	0.10	0.09
Perceived health status	-0.39	0.07	-0.19***	-0.16	0.08	-0.06
Step 2
Perceived susceptibility	–	–	–	0.33	0.03	0.27***
Adj. R2	0.05, p<0.001			0.18, p<0.001

***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