Table 3.

Disaster risk perception

	Romania		Malta
	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation
Q 1.7: I am worried about disasters in the area where I live.	3.92	0.89	2.93∗	1.12
Q 2.2: When I think of disasters in my area, I feel concerned.	4.23	0.77	3.45∗	1.02
Question posed after the showing of videos of disaster response exercises.
Q 4.2.1: I think there is a high risk of disasters triggered by natural hazards happening in my area in the next 3 years.	3.32	0.82	2.62	0.88
Q 4.2.2: I think there is a high risk of disasters triggered by man‐made hazards happening in my area in the next 3 years.	3.43	1. 01	3.28	0.99
Questions Q 4.2.1 and Q 4.2.2 posed after the focus group discussions.

Notes: answers measured on a five‐point Likert scale, ranging from 1=totally disagree to 5=totally agree. The results in the table marked with an asterisk (∗) signify that those between Romania and Malta are statistically significantly different (p<0.05). Other differences between Romania and Malta are not statistically significant.

Source: authors.