*4.1. Descriptive Statistics*

Table 3 presents the correlation matrix of the key variables. The results indicated that government response was significantly negatively associated with infection rate and significantly positively associated with risk perception and PAR adoption. Risk perception was significantly negatively associated with infection rate and significantly positively associated with PAR adoption. PAR adoption was significantly negatively associated with infection rate.

**Table 3.** Correlations between infection rate, government response, risk perception, and PAR adoption.

