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Table 3 Scores for direct risk and indirect risk for each socio-demographic variable (N = 2,080)

From: The association between exposure and psychological health in earthquake survivors from the Longmen Shan Fault area: the mediating effect of risk perception

Variables

Direct risk

Indirect risk

 

Mean (SD)

p value

Mean (SD)

p value

Gender

 

*

 

*

 Male

52.25 (8.67)

 

46.74 (8.43)

 

 Female

54.11 (9.54)

 

45.03 (8.11)

 

Age

    

 18–30

53.01 (7.88)

 

44.76 (7.32)

 

 31–40

52.78 (9.34)

 

45.23 (7.93)

 

 41–50

53.34 (8.75)

 

44.85 (6.22)

 

 51–68

52.84 (9.99)

 

45.13 (8.21)

 

Income

   

**

 <1,000

53.89 (9.37)

 

46.28 (6.39)

 

 1,000–2,000

53.63 (9.82)

 

45.91 (7.99)

 

 2,000–3,000

54.18 (9.62)

 

45.92 (7.36)

 

 >3,000

53.98 (9.37)

 

44.25 (6.81)

 

Ethnic

   

**

 Han

53.10 (9.42)

 

43.95 (6.44)

 

 Tibetan

53.83 (8.88)

 

45.82 (7.26)

 

 Qiang

54.12 (9.21)

 

45.12 (7.29)

 

 Hui

53.73 (9.56)

 

45.62 (6.92)

 

 Other

53.52 (8.59)

 

46.03 (8.31)

 

Education

   

**

 Graduate

53.64 (8.22)

 

43.63 (6.30)

 

 Bachelor

54.16 (9.04)

 

43.89 (6.98)

 

 No degree

54.42 (8.98)

 

45.57 (8.28)

 

Housing

 

*

  

 Original house

53.89 (8.34)

 

45.23 (7.24)

 

 Public dormitory

52.43 (7.84)

 

45.81 (6.32)

 

Exposure

 

***

 

***

 High

55.31 (9.97)

 

46.75 (8.10)

 

 Moderate

54.86 (9.74)

 

45.66 (8.41)

 

 Low

53.15 (9.43)

 

44.45 (8.22)

 
  1. * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001
  2. The difference tests for ‘Age’ were computed using a t test, while the difference tests between the other subgroups were determined using the analysis of variance (ANOVA)