Influence of trust on two different risk perceptions as an affective and cognitive dimension during Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in South Korea: serial cross-sectional surveys

Jang, Won Mo; Kim, Un-Na; Jang, Deok Hyun; Jung, Hyemin; Cho, Sanghyun; Eun, Sang Jun; Lee, Jin Yong

Unlike the cognitive risk perception, no difference was found by gender in the cognitive risk perception (Table 4) . Furthermore, respondents aged >30 years were consistently less aware of the cognitive risk during MERS-CoV epidemic. Generally, no not statistically significant association was found with educational attainment, occupation, perceived economic status, MERS-CoV affected area, and metropolitan area. Similar to the affective dimension, those who 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 u.a.: unavailable data; * P < 0.05. a There was small sample size of those who perceived societal-level risk those in the upper economic level in survey 5, the perceived household economic status was excluded from the survey 5 model.