Table 4.

Variables of public risk perception influencing factors of the whole life cycle.

Variable		Measuring	Variable assignment
Dependent variable	Risk perception	The public's risk perception level from the perspective of the whole life cycle
Independent variable	Influencing factors of public risk perception during the COVID-19 monitoring and early warning period	Disseminate relevant public health knowledge	0～5 continuous variable
		Need to establish a rapid response channel for COVID-19	0～5 continuous variable
		Need to carry out information collection and analysis of epidemic early warning and plan	0～5 continuous variable
	Influencing factors of public risk perception during the COVID-19 identification and control period	Need to promptly guide and prevent the spread of rumors during the period of COVID-19 epidemic identification and control	0～5 continuous variable
		Need to strengthen information transparency	0～5 continuous variable
		Need to improve risk information perception and capture capabilities	0～5 continuous variable
		Need to improve risk information identification and processing capabilities	0～5 continuous variable
	Influencing factors of public risk perception during emergency control period	Need to cultivate good social sentiment and improve effective information channels	0～5 continuous variable
		Need to provide information needs for each stage of the COVID-19	0～5 continuous variable
	Influencing factors of public risk perception in the aftermath management period	Need to improve their crisis management capabilities	0～5 continuous variable
		Need to encourage public participation and improve the ability of collaborative governance of social risks	0～5 continuous variable
		Need to strengthen disease control knowledge management	0～5 continuous variable

Note: 0 means disagree entirely, 5 means agree entirely.