Gender Age
    Total Male Female 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-75
  Base size 121 28 93 21 42 37 16
  Additive constant 44 38 46 37 47 44 45
   Category #1 – Threats               
A3 A bomb under your car…  15 14 16 21 16 12 11
A9 A dirty nuclear bomb set off …  15 15 16 22 15 12 10
A4 Bombs blowing up in the middle of a building…  12 7 13 18 12 8 5
A7 A deadly disease like smallpox or anthrax let loose...  10 7 11 17 13 5 3
A6 Contamination of the food supply…   9 6 10 16 10 5 5
A5 Fire raging through a building…  6 1 7 12 5 4 0
A2 A bomb threat for a building that is a false alarm…  1 0 2 7 -1 -1 -1
A1 The media talking about potential terrorism acts…  0 -1 1 3 -2 0 2
A8 A Computer virus let loose that impacts your everyday businesses…  -2 -1 -2 1 -4 -2 1
  Category #2 – Location and target of the terrorism              
B3 An area crowded with children…  3 3 3 2 5 2 1
B9 During a Red alert…  3 3 3 5 3 2 4
B2 In a heavily populated area…  2 2 2 1 3 1 1
B5 An area filled with tourists…  2 0 2 2 3 -1 3
B6 You never expected it to happen to you or someone close to you...    2 2 2 2 1 2 1
B4 An area crowded with senior citizens…  1 3 0 1 1 3 -3
B7 During a Yellow alert…  1 -4 2 1 1 -1 0
B8 During an Orange alert…  1 1 1 2 1 -2 2
B1 In a non- populated area…  -2 -4 -1 -1 -2 -3 -1
   Category#3 – How you respond to the threat              
C6 All the stress just builds up… you feel overwhelmed   3 1 3 5 3 3 0
C7 You experience temporary memory loss because there's just too much to take in...    2 3 2 7 0 5 3
C2 When you think about it, you just can't stop...         2 -1 3 3 2 2 4
C5 You experience it in all your senses…      2 0 3 5 1 3 -6
C4 You are scared … inside and out    1 4 1 3 1 2 -4
C1 You think about it when you are all alone…and you feel so helpless    1 -1 2 8 0 -1 -1
C9 At a turning point in your life...     1 1 1 3 0 1 -3
C8 Family and Friends play a big role in your life…     0 1 0 0 -1 1 -3
C3 You'd drive any distance to get away from it…  0 -3 1 1 -1 1 -5
  Category#4 – What might relieve the anxiety              
D2 You believe that international cooperation in the United Nations will keep you safe  13 21 11 8 11 19 16
D3 You think United Nations Forces will keep you safe  12 21 10 8 9 19 13
D5 You believe that the Center for Disease Control will keep you safe  8 10 7 6 6 10 11
D4 You believe that Homeland Defense will keep you safe  7 10 6 5 7 8 11
D7 You think that your Local hospital will keep you safe  6 7 5 2 6 6 11
D6 You think that your Local police will keep you safe  6 7 5 6 5 4 8
D8 The media will keep you informed  -3 -1 -3 0 -2 -3 -10
D9 You need to contact your friends and family to make sure they are OK…  -6 -5 -7 -13 -3 -9 -5
D1 You trust that God will keep you safe  -7 4 -10 -15 -9 -1 -4
* Strong performing statements with utilities of 10 or greater are shown in bold; strong negative statements (-5 or less) are shown in bold italics.
Table 1: Utility values for the 36 statements by total panel, two genders, and four age groups*.