Monitoring of risk perceptions and correlates of precautionary behaviour related to human avian influenza during 2006 - 2007 in the Netherlands: results of seven consecutive surveys

Table 4 Determinants of vulnerability for avian influenza.

	mean	p-value
Gender		0,019
Male	1,66
Female	1,72
Agegroup		0,002
18-29	1,66
30-44	1,63
45-59	1,73
60 +	1,75
Children <12 in household		0,024
Yes	1,64
No	1,71
Ethnicity		0,256
Dutch	1,68
Non-Dutch	1,73
Education*		<0.001
Low	1,84
Intermediate	1,65
High	1,62
Think flu		<0.001
Never	1,46
Rarely	1,62
Sometimes	1,88
Often/All the time	2,19
Knowledge score		<0.001
0	1,80
1	1,73
2	1,72
3	1,60
4	1,53
Amount of info		0,886
Nothing/Little	1,69
Some	1,68
(very) much	1,67
Vaccinated against influenza		0,001
Yes	1,77
No	1,67

* Educational level is defined as: low: primary school, lower general secondary school, lower vocational school, or less; intermediate: high school or medium level vocational school; high: college or university degree.

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