Table 2. Risk perception, perceived media coverage, knowledge and protective behaviour in women and men with different education levels.
| Women | Men | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 14,133) | (n = 13,824) | (n = 27,957) | |||||||||||
| Education level | Difference | P-value of difference | Education level | Difference | P-value of difference | Education level | Difference | P-value of difference | |||||
| Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | ||||||||
| Predicted means1 | Susceptibility | 3.91 | 3.86 | −0.05 | 0.082 | 3.86 | 3.83 | −0.03 | 0.319 | 3.88 | 3.85 | −0.04 | 0.043 |
| Probability | 3.56 | 3.71 | 0.14 | < 0.001 | 3.58 | 3.63 | 0.06 | 0.026 | 3.57 | 3.67 | 0.10 | < 0.001 | |
| Severity | 4.21 | 4.08 | −0.13 | < 0.001 | 4.14 | 4.07 | −0.07 | 0.009 | 4.17 | 4.08 | −0.10 | < 0.001 | |
| Worries | 4.88 | 4.91 | 0.04 | 0.242 | 4.57 | 4.65 | 0.09 | 0.004 | 4.72 | 4.78 | 0.06 | 0.003 | |
| Fear | 4.43 | 4.39 | −0.03 | 0.291 | 4.09 | 4.07 | −0.02 | 0.426 | 4.26 | 4.23 | −0.03 | 0.176 | |
| Perceived media coverage | 3.46 | 3.36 | −0.10 | < 0.001 | 3.39 | 3.40 | 0.01 | 0.777 | 3.43 | 3.37 | −0.06 | 0.002 | |
| Perceived knowledge | 4.78 | 4.99 | 0.21 | < 0.001 | 4.76 | 5.02 | 0.26 | < 0.001 | 4.77 | 5.00 | 0.23 | < 0.001 | |
| Predicted probability (%)2 | Factual knowledge | 85.2 | 89.3 | 4.0 | < 0.001 | 81.6 | 86.3 | 4.7 | < 0.001 | 83.4 | 87.9 | 4.50 | < 0.001 |
| Hand washing | 87.8 | 89.1 | 1.2 | 0.035 | 80.7 | 80.6 | −0.1 | 0.901 | 84.4 | 84.9 | 0.5 | 0.254 | |
| Distance maintaining | 90.3 | 90.8 | 0.6 | 0.308 | 83.1 | 85.8 | 2.7 | < 0.001 | 86.7 | 88.3 | 1.6 | < 0.001 | |
| Mask wearing | 70.4 | 69.4 | −1.0 | 0.084 | 63.6 | 64.6 | 1.0 | 0.139 | 67.0 | 67.0 | 0.0 | 0.956 | |
Adjusted predictions and differences (contrasts) from linear1 or logistic2 regressions by education level (main effect), adjusted for age group, repeat respondent, community size, federal state, and calendar week.