Table 6 Risk perception: Perceived seriousness of getting Lyme borreliosis. Regression results using OLS. Dependent variable: perceived seriousness of getting Lyme borreliosis*

Age 18–29

−0.005

− 0.039

−0.018

− 0.261

−0.177

0.134

(0.127)

(0.127)

(0.127)

(0.230)

(0.233)

(0.201)

Age 45–59

0.120

0.153

0.161

0.071

0.053

0.293*

(0.107)

(0.106)

(0.106)

(0.176)

(0.200)

(0.174)

Age 60–

0.323***

0.340***

0.364***

0.299*

0.399**

0.382**

(0.103)

(0.103)

(0.104)

(0.173)

(0.197)

(0.172)

Female respondent

0.365***

0.365***

0.360***

0.377***

0.310**

0.385***

(0.080)

(0.080)

(0.080)

(0.134)

(0.151)

(0.131)

Has attended university

−0.265***

− 0.187**

− 0.185**

− 0.316*

− 0.147

−0.160

(0.088)

(0.088)

(0.088)

(0.162)

(0.169)

(0.134)

Norway

−0.424***

− 0.489***

− 0.481***

(0.104)

(0.103)

(0.103)

Sweden

−1.395***

−1.136***

−1.095***

(0.096)

(0.115)

(0.116)

General willingness to take risks

−0.070***

−0.066***

− 0.091***

− 0.102***

− 0.032

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.029)

(0.032)

(0.030)

Number of correct answers to Borrelia knowledge questions

−0.127***

−0.101**

0.083

−0.029

− 0.275***

(0.049)

(0.049)

(0.078)

(0.090)

(0.088)

Number of correct answers to TBE knowledge questions

−0.227***

−0.201***

− 0.214**

−0.168**

− 0.159*

(0.049)

(0.049)

(0.085)

(0.084)

(0.087)

Has had one or more tick bites in lifetime

−0.195**

0.079

−0.140

− 0.419***

(0.085)

(0.134)

(0.155)

(0.149)

Diagnosed with Lyme borreliosis ever

−0.382**

−0.388

− 0.399

− 0.250

(0.158)

(0.344)

(0.383)

(0.210)

Constant

8.425***

9.152***

9.162***

8.889***

8.705***

8.252***

(0.128)

(0.180)

(0.182)

(0.290)

(0.299)

(0.282)

Observations

2488

2488

2488

731

710

1047

R-squared

0.098

0.118

0.123

0.058

0.048

0.054