Table 1.
Influence factors of risk perception.
| Category | Details | Symbol | Mean |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | South Korea | |||
| Information | Trust in TV news | T1 | 4.147 | 3.781 |
| Trust in government website | T2 | 4.285 | 3.872 | |
| Trust in social software | T3 | 4.058 | 3.081 | |
| Familiarity | Familiarity with COVID-19 | F1 | 3.934 | 3.687 |
| Familiarity with situation in epicenter | F2 | 3.619 | 3.981 | |
| Familiarity with situation in local community | F3 | 3.896 | – | |
| Satisfaction with governments | Satisfaction with the government in epicenter | S1 | 2.324 | 3.028 |
| Satisfaction with the local government | S2 | 3.562 | 3.171 | |
| Satisfaction with the central government | S3 | 3.765 | 3.412 | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Live in rural or urban area | Residence | – | – |
| Education level | Education | – | – | |
| career | Career | – | – | |
| Distance | Geographical distance from residence to epicenter | D1 | 4.491 | 4.507 |
| Interpersonal relationship distance from the sufferer in epicenter | D2 | 1.952 | 1.962 | |