Table 3.

Tests of difference in mean knowledge, risk attitudes, and controllability attitudes among demographic groupings.

Characteristics	Knowledge Mean, s.d.	t/F	Risk Attitudes Mean, s.d.	t/F	Controllability Attitudes Mean, s.d.	t/F
Gender		0.695		-1.044		-0.241
Male	11.35, 3.29		3.03, 1.02		3.00, 1.012
Female	10.99, 3.53		3.19, 1.04		3.04, 1.10
Racial identification		0.782		1.654		0.125
White	11.04, 3.44		3.03, 1.05		3.07, 1.09
Black/African American	11.29, 2.93		3.05, 0.41		3.14, 0.86
American Indian or Alaskan Native	14.00, 0.00		3.67, 0.00		3.67, 0.00
Asian or Asian American	12.31, 3.75		3.56, 1.13		3.00, 1.37
Received university-level instruction on monkeypox		1.344		-1.285		0.096
Yes	12.41, 2.76		3.74, 0.93		3.02, 1.04
No	11.28, 3.35		3.08, 1.04		2.99, 1.13
Had knowledge of monkeypox before 2022		2.008		0.786		-1.157
Yes	11.35, 2.91		3.17, 0.97		2.79, 10.7
No	10.58, 3.22		3.04, 1.03		3.07, 1012
Don’t Know/Declined
Received smallpox vaccine		1.099		-0.037		1.780
Yes	11.66, 3.39		3.05, 1.03		3.17, 1.16
No	11.13, 3.23		3.06, 1.01		2.88, 1.08
Received COVID-19 vaccine		-0.893		-0.771		-0.443
Yes	11.36, 3.40		3.12, 0.99		3.00, 1.12
No	12.25, 1.50		3.50, 0.64		3.25, 0.74
Received seasonal influenza vaccine in 2021		0.090		1.247		-1.230
Yes	11.26, 3.36		3.10, 1.00		2.99, 1.12
No	11.14, 4.22		2.62, 1.18		3.56, 1.05

Note: Third gender, “other” ethnic identification, “something else” and “other” medical specialization and all don’t know and declined answers removed from analysis. Significant differences/associations are in bold.