Who is afraid of ticks and tick-borne diseases? Results from a cross-sectional survey in Scandinavia

Slunge, Daniel; Jore, Solveig; Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki; Jepsen, Martin Tugwell; Boman, Anders

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7977-5

BMC Public Health

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*

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]
VARIABLES	Scandinavia	Scandinavia	Scandinavia	DK^a	NO^b	SE^c
Age 18–29	−0.469***	− 0.472***	−0.382***	− 0.820***	−0.239	− 0.293
Age 18–29	(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***
Age 45–59	(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***
Age 60–	(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***
Female respondent	(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*
Has attended university	(0.106)	(0.105)	(0.102)	(0.213)	(0.193)	(0.147)
Norway	−0.518***	− 0.586***	− 0.608***
Norway	(0.125)	(0.123)	(0.120)
Sweden	−0.549***	− 0.569***	− 0.486***
Sweden	(0.117)	(0.139)	(0.136)
General willingness to take risks		−0.196***	−0.181***	− 0.184***	− 0.272***	−0.104***
General willingness to take risks		(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**
Number of correct answers to Borrelia knowledge questions		(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
Number of correct answers to TBE knowledge questions		(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***
Has had one or more tick bites in lifetime			(0.099)	(0.177)	(0.180)	(0.164)
Diagnosed with Lyme borreliosis ever			0.634***	0.929**	−0.626	0.822***
Diagnosed with Lyme borreliosis ever			(0.190)	(0.462)	(0.463)	(0.232)
Visits TBE areas at least monthly			0.188	0.012	0.331	0.232
Visits TBE areas at least monthly			(0.134)	(0.307)	(0.320)	(0.169)
Constant	5.284***	6.718***	7.071***	7.114***	7.149***	5.860***
Constant	(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

Notes: ^aDenmark; ^bNorway; ^cSweden
*The dependent variable is measured on a 0–10 scale where 0 equals ‘not serious as all’ and 10 equals ‘very serious’ in response to the question ‘How serious do you consider it is to be bitten by a tick?’
Standard errors in parentheses
*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1

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