Table 1 Descriptive statistics (mean values)
From: Who is afraid of ticks and tick-borne diseases? Results from a cross-sectional survey in Scandinavia
VARIABLES | [1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | P-valuesb | P-valuesb | P-valuesb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Denmark | Norway | Sweden | Scandinavia | sda | min | max | Nc | H0:μ1 = μ2 | H0:μ1 = μ3 | H0:μ2 = μ3 | |
Age of respondent | 50.49 | 47.16 | 48.18 | 48.56 | 16.29 | 18 | 99 | 2668 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 0.537 |
Female respondent | 0.536 | 0.515 | 0.526 | 0.526 | 0.499 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.386 | 0.670 | 0.610 |
Has attended university | 0.772 | 0.702 | 0.616 | 0.687 | 0.464 | 0 | 1 | 2616 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
General willingness to take risks | 4.876 | 4.949 | 4.558 | 4.767 | 2.307 | 0 | 10 | 2668 | 1.000 | 0.010 | 0.001 |
Likelihood of being bitten by tick in next 12 months | 26.49 | 28.71 | 38.64 | 32.13 | 31.85 | 0 | 100 | 2660 | 0.487 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Likelihood of contracting LB if bitten by tick | 16.09 | 18.54 | 20.04 | 18.44 | 19.51 | 0 | 100 | 2529 | 0.048 | 0.000 | 0.328 |
Likelihood of contracting TBE if bitten by tick | 10.38 | 14.80 | 12.72 | 13.00 | 17.48 | 0 | 100 | 1822 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 1.000 |
Perceived seriousness of one tick bite | 5.844 | 5.225 | 5.277 | 5.429 | 2.515 | 0 | 10 | 2632 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Perceived seriousness of contracting LB | 8.561 | 8.127 | 7.193 | 7.863 | 2.061 | 0 | 10 | 2538 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Perceived seriousness of contracting TBE | 9.243 | 8.677 | 9.018 | 9.032 | 1.574 | 0 | 10 | 1801 | 0.055 | 0.020 | 1.000 |
Ever heard of Lyme borreliosis | 0.974 | 0.925 | 0.984 | 0.964 | 0.186 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.000 | 0.123 | 0.000 |
Ever heard of TBE | 0.640 | 0.373 | 0.969 | 0.696 | 0.460 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Number of correctly identified tick pictures | 3.504 | 3.641 | 3.952 | 3.729 | 1.114 | 0 | 5 | 2668 | 0.041 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
 Correctly identified picture 1 (adult female tick) | 0.444 | 0.499 | 0.562 | 0.509 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.029 | 0.000 | 0.007 |
 Correctly identified picture 2 (insect) | 0.782 | 0.861 | 0.911 | 0.858 | 0.349 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.198 | 0.000 | 0.001 |
 Correctly identified picture 3 (tick nymph) | 0.497 | 0.445 | 0.584 | 0.517 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 |
 Correctly identified picture 4 (blood fed tick) | 0.885 | 0.905 | 0.946 | 0.916 | 0.277 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.039 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
 Correctly identified picture 5 (insect) | 0.897 | 0.932 | 0.949 | 0.928 | 0.258 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.013 | 0.000 | 0.113 |
Number of correct answers to knowledge questions | 2.964 | 2.412 | 4.066 | 3.253 | 1.642 | 0 | 6 | 2668 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
 Correct answer to ‘Borrelia is contagious’ | 0.867 | 0.798 | 0.851 | 0.840 | 0.366 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.000 | 0.330 | 0.003 |
 Correct answer to ‘There is a vaccine against LB’ | 0.590 | 0.470 | 0.486 | 0.512 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.490 |
 Correct answer to ‘LB is treatable with antibiotics’ | 0.807 | 0.638 | 0.766 | 0.740 | 0.439 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.000 | 0.031 | 0.000 |
 Correct answer to ‘TBE is contagious’ | 0.521 | 0.246 | 0.850 | 0.575 | 0.494 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
 Correct answer to ‘There is a vaccine against TBE’ | 0.114 | 0.165 | 0.770 | 0.398 | 0.490 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
 Correct answer to ‘TBE is treatable with antibiotics’ | 0.065 | 0.095 | 0.342 | 0.188 | 0.391 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.029 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Has searched for information about ticks or related diseases | 0.548 | 0.559 | 0.608 | 0.578 | 0.494 | 0 | 1 | 2668 | 0.660 | 0.010 | 0.034 |