Tag
risk_perception
2 findings
Economics (general)Bayesian Downward Belief Revision of Infectious RiskA 10 percentage point increase in the proportion of village members learning their HIV results causes respondents to attribute 1.27 fewer total deaths to AIDS (p < 0.01) and 0.143 fewer relative deaths or illnesses to AIDS (p < 0.05).RCTEconomics (general)Systematic Subjective Overestimation of Endemic Disease RiskBaseline respondents reported believing an average of 11.5 acquaintances had ever died of HIV/AIDS, 2.94 had died of HIV/AIDS in the past year, and 0.96 relatives were sick or died of HIV/AIDS.Observational Study