Table 7 Risk perception: Perceived seriousness of getting TBE. Regression results using OLS; Dependent variable: Perceived seriousness of getting TBE*

Age 18–29

−0.007

0.033

0.018

0.095

−0.420

0.078

(0.122)

(0.123)

(0.123)

(0.242)

(0.366)

(0.157)

Age 45–59

0.260**

0.243**

0.237**

0.184

0.577*

0.181

(0.101)

(0.101)

(0.101)

(0.176)

(0.305)

(0.134)

Age 60–

0.198**

0.165*

0.150

0.212

0.241

0.082

(0.096)

(0.097)

(0.098)

(0.171)

(0.289)

(0.132)

Female respondent

0.422***

0.387***

0.380***

0.308**

0.501**

0.365***

(0.075)

(0.076)

(0.076)

(0.134)

(0.226)

(0.102)

Has attended university

0.092

0.081

0.092

−0.013

−0.103

0.186*

(0.083)

(0.083)

(0.084)

(0.168)

(0.276)

(0.104)

Norway

−0.573***

−0.592***

− 0.578***

(0.120)

(0.123)

(0.123)

Sweden

−0.185**

−0.247**

−0.260**

(0.087)

(0.101)

(0.102)

General willingness to take risks

−0.037**

−0.037**

−0.070**

0.008

−0.037

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.028)

(0.047)

(0.023)

Number of correct answers to Borrelia knowledge questions

0.058

0.046

0.103

−0.145

0.078

(0.047)

(0.047)

(0.082)

(0.129)

(0.067)

Number of correct answers to TBE knowledge questions

0.062

0.066

−0.106

0.330***

0.024

(0.050)

(0.050)

(0.094)

(0.121)

(0.071)

Has had one or more tick bites in lifetime

0.072

0.218

−0.076

0.013

(0.082)

(0.134)

(0.232)

(0.116)

Diagnosed with Lyme borreliosis ever

0.217

0.382

0.111

0.241

(0.136)

(0.318)

(0.455)

(0.162)

Visits TBE areas at least monthly

−0.156*

−0.244

−0.289

−0.114

(0.091)

(0.188)

(0.251)

(0.118)

Constant

8.792***

8.806***

8.805***

9.046***

8.193***

8.564***

(0.122)

(0.173)

(0.176)

(0.294)

(0.461)

(0.223)

Observations

1769

1769

1769

483

253

1033

R-squared

0.038

0.043

0.047

0.053

0.082

0.035