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Table 8 Risk perception and worry group

From: Functional and dysfunctional fear of COVID-19: a classification scheme

 

Dependent variable

Unworried

Functional Worry

Unworried

Functional Worry

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Likelihood

0.455

0.781

0.538

0.883

(0.119)

(0.137)

(0.138)

(0.167)

p = 0.000***

p = 0.071*

p = 0.00001***

p = 0.457

Control

1.189

1.299

1.232

1.377

(0.098)

(0.117)

(0.115)

(0.145)

p = 0.077*

p = 0.026**

p = 0.070*

p = 0.028**

Severity

0.394

0.760

0.405

0.798

(0.096)

(0.105)

(0.117)

(0.133)

p = 0.000***

p = 0.009***

p = 0.000***

p = 0.090*

Had COVID-19

  

0.816

1.578

(0.249)

(0.374)

p = 0.415

p = 0.223

Affected by COVID-19

  

0.868

0.751

(0.122)

(0.155)

p = 0.247

p = 0.064*

Age 25–44a

  

0.894

0.581

(0.253)

(0.303)

p = 0.660

p = 0.074*

Age 45–64a

  

1.030

0.565

(0.338)

(0.406)

p = 0.931

p = 0.160

Age 65+a

  

1.779

0.864

(0.677)

(0.790)

p = 0.395

p = 0.854

Female (ref: Male)

  

0.653

0.883

(0.198)

(0.250)

p = 0.032**

p = 0.618

White (ref: BAME)

  

0.995

0.938

(0.276)

(0.336)

p = 0.986

p = 0.849

Is keyworker

  

0.978

0.996

(0.035)

(0.044)

p = 0.529

p = 0.933

Cardiffb

  

1.344

1.310

(0.517)

(0.647)

p = 0.567

p = 0.677

Edinburghb

  

1.246

0.916

(0.477)

(0.615)

p = 0.646

p = 0.887

Glasgowb

  

1.088

1.295

(0.483)

(0.601)

p = 0.861

p = 0.667

Leedsb

  

0.575

0.641

(0.463)

(0.600)

p = 0.232

p = 0.458

Liverpoolb

  

1.199

1.274

(0.487)

(0.606)

p = 0.710

p = 0.690

Londonb

  

1.153

1.252

(0.395)

(0.496)

p = 0.719

p = 0.652

Manchesterb

  

1.349

1.380

(0.472)

(0.590)

p = 0.527

p = 0.586

Newcastleb

  

0.836

0.996

(0.552)

(0.706)

p = 0.747

p = 0.996

(0.536)

(0.634)

p = 0.160

p = 0.078*

Constant

56.120

0.898

107.074

0.129

(0.486)

(0.582)

(1.223)

(1.735)

p = 0.000***

p = 0.854

p = 0.0002***

p = 0.239

Akaike Inf. Crit.

1767.581

1767.581

1346.572

1346.572

  1. Multinomial logistic regression model estimated using R (package nnet). Source: Wave 3 of Policing the pandemic. Total n = 707
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
  3. aReference category: Age 16–24
  4. bReference category: Birmingham