Table 3 Means, standard deviations, and test statistics for demographic differences in risk perception

Sex

Male

2.86

0.85

t(525) = 0.76, p = .45

3.49

1.11

t(535) = 2.06, p < .05, d = 1.14

Female

2.91

0.88

3.71

1.16

Zone

Live

2.75

0.82

F(3, 452) = 1.43, p = .23

4.38

1.02

F(3, 450) = 63.09, p < .001, ηp² = 0.30

Work

2.9

0.84

3.28

0.91

Both

2.93

0.95

4.28

0.97

Neither

2.96

0.87

3.00

0.96

Evacuation

Need help

3.33

0.86

t(522) = 4.07, p < .001, d = 0.86

4.10

1.10

t(511) = 3.44, p = .001, d = 1.16

Don’t need help

2.83

0.86

3.53

1.16