Table 5 Risk perception: Perceived seriousness of getting bitten by a tick. Regression results using OLS. Dependent variable: Perceived seriousness of getting bitten by a tick*

Age 18–29

−0.469***

− 0.472***

−0.382***

− 0.820***

−0.239

− 0.293

(0.151)

(0.150)

(0.147)

(0.297)

(0.264)

(0.220)

Age 45–59

0.502***

0.518***

0.490***

0.649***

0.312

0.499***

(0.131)

(0.129)

(0.125)

(0.235)

(0.235)

(0.191)

Age 60–

0.950***

0.897***

0.813***

0.974***

0.576**

0.899***

(0.126)

(0.125)

(0.123)

(0.229)

(0.234)

(0.188)

Female respondent

0.724***

0.652***

0.644***

0.263

0.485***

0.969***

(0.097)

(0.097)

(0.095)

(0.179)

(0.177)

(0.144)

Has attended university

−0.313***

− 0.232**

− 0.227**

− 0.253

− 0.248

− 0.258*

(0.106)

(0.105)

(0.102)

(0.213)

(0.193)

(0.147)

Norway

−0.518***

− 0.586***

− 0.608***

(0.125)

(0.123)

(0.120)

Sweden

−0.549***

− 0.569***

− 0.486***

(0.117)

(0.139)

(0.136)

General willingness to take risks

−0.196***

−0.181***

− 0.184***

− 0.272***

−0.104***

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.038)

(0.037)

(0.033)

Number of correct answers to Borrelia knowledge questions

−0.198***

− 0.140**

− 0.039

− 0.152

−0.209**

(0.055)

(0.054)

(0.098)

(0.095)

(0.094)

Number of correct answers to TBE knowledge questions

−0.049

0.005

−0.132

− 0.013

0.127

(0.059)

(0.059)

(0.116)

(0.109)

(0.095)

Has had one or more tick bites in lifetime

−1.158***

−1.095***

−1.136***

−1.087***

(0.099)

(0.177)

(0.180)

(0.164)

Diagnosed with Lyme borreliosis ever

0.634***

0.929**

−0.626

0.822***

(0.190)

(0.462)

(0.463)

(0.232)

Visits TBE areas at least monthly

0.188

0.012

0.331

0.232

(0.134)

(0.307)

(0.320)

(0.169)

Constant

5.284***

6.718***

7.071***

7.114***

7.149***

5.860***

(0.154)

(0.211)

(0.208)

(0.370)

(0.331)

(0.306)

Observations

2581

2581

2581

754

765

1062

R-squared

0.072

0.109

0.154

0.172

0.174

0.136