Table 4. Participants’ Agreement With Different Interpretations of What the Term “Risk” Refers to in “at Increased Risk From Coronavirus” in Studies 1–3.
| Interpretation of “increased risk” | Study 1 (n = 396) | Study 2 (n = 399) | Study 3 (n = 432) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Do not know | Yes | No | Do not know | Yes | No | Do not know | |
| Note. All figures rounded to the nearest whole number. Participants responded to each of the three interpretations presented in a matrix table similar to the structure shown. | |||||||||
| a Intended interpretation. | |||||||||
| Increased risk means a greater chance of being infected | 56% | 39% | 5% | 55% | 39% | 6% | 60% | 36% | 4% |
| Increased risk means a greater chance of being hospitalizeda | 95% | 3% | 4% | 96% | 2% | 3% | 95% | 3% | 2% |
| Increased risk means a greater chance of carrying the virus. | 22% | 68% | 10% | 21% | 68% | 11% | 24% | 69% | 6% |
| Of participants who select the infection interpretation: | |||||||||
| % that also selected the hospitalization interpretations | 95% | 96% | 95% | ||||||