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. 2022 Sep 13;22:240. doi: 10.1186/s12911-022-01986-4

Table 1.

Sample characteristics for Study 1, Study 2, and Study 3

Characteristic Study 1 Study 2 Study 3
Gender (male, %) 68.6 65.2 64.3
Age (18–25 years, %) 11.8 8.5 12.5
 (26–35 years, %) 48.5 41.8 45.4
 (36–45 years, %) 19.6 19.7 19.8
 (46–55 years, %) 11.3 20.9 11.0
 (56–65 years, %) 7.4 6.7 10.1
 (66 years or more, %) 1.5 2.4 1.2
Education (High school, %) 11.3 6.4 6.1
 (Some college, %) 18.1 12.7 24.7
 (Bachelor, %) 55.9 48.5 51.2
 (Master, %) 12.7 29.4 14.9
 (Other, %) 2.0 3.0 3.0
Household size (1, %) 14.7 14.2 13.4
 (2, %) 19.1 17.6 21.0
 (3, %) 28.4 27.0 32.6
 (4, %) 29.9 30.0 25.0
 (5 or more, %) 7.8 11.2 7.9
General health (M [SD]) 3.82 (0.88) 3.79 (0.92) 3.83 (0.89)
Risk perception of getting infected with Covid-19 (M [SD]) 4.62 (1.72) 4.23 (1.75) 4.01 (1.81)
Risk perception of negative health effects of Covid-19 (M [SD]) 4.82 (1.74) 4.61 (1.68) 4.29 (1.72)

General health was assessed on a point-point scale (1 = poor, 5 = excellent), risk perceptions were assessed on a seven-point scale (1 = very low, 7 = very high)