HKU POP SITE releases a column article discussing people's anxiety level on the possibility of contracting SARS Back

The "HKU POP SITE" (http://hkupop.pori.hk) of the Public Opinion Programme (POP) at the University of Hong Kong today releases in its "POP Column" an article entitled "A Brief Discussion on People's Worries about Atypical Pneumonia". Written by Boris Sai-Tsang Choy, College Lecturer of the HKU SPACE Community College, and using public opinion data, the article discussed people's anxiety level on the possibility of them and their family members contracting SARS.

The article pointed out that 62% of the respondents were worried about catching the disease themselves, while 76% expressed concerns on their family's possibility of being infected. Results of the cross-tabulation analysis indicated that people were generally more worried about their family than themselves in terms of contracting SARS, while the females, middle-aged, housewives and the respondents with lower education level were relatively more worried.

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