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. 2021 Mar 11;31(3):479–487. doi: 10.1007/s10389-021-01502-4

Table 2.

Perceived risk of acquiring COVID-19 (N = 1197)

Agree (%) Strongly agree (%) Disagree (%) Strongly disagree (%)
There is likelihood of me acquiring COVID-19. 136 (11.4) 107(8.9) 478(39.9) 476(39.8)
The type of job I do increases the chance of being infected with COVID-19 202(16.9) 302(25.2) 368(30.7) 325(27.2)
COVID-19 affects the elderly and people with comorbidities more than the rest of population 349(29.2) 450(37.6) 251(21.0) 147(12.3)
Coronavirus is very dangerous to the health 284(23.7) 774(64.7) 64(5.3) 75(6.3)
The government will be successful in overcoming COVID-19 in your country 390(32.6) 443(37.0) 234(19.5) 130(10.9)
COVID-19 is highly exaggerated 185(15.5) 321(26.8) 371(31.0) 320(26.7)