Table A4.
Principal component analysis applied to question F2.
| Question F2: How do you think the pandemic situation will evolve in Italy in the next two years? | |||
| Scale: From 1 (Strongly Agree) to 5 (Strongly Disagree) | |||
| Answer | d.PC1: Generic Pessimism | d.PC2: Optimism toward COVID-19 Vaccine | d.PC3: Uncertainty Virus vs. Vaccine Campaign |
| COVID-19 will not be dangerous anymore, because everyone will be vaccinated. | −0.329 | −0.777 | −0.439 |
| COVID-19 will be still dangerous, because of the new variants. | −0.740 | −0.317 | 0.324 |
| COVID-19 will be still dangerous, because of many people not vaccinated. | −0.726 | −0.342 | −0.391 |
| COVID-19 will not be dangerous anymore, because the virus will become weaker. | −0.459 | 0.692 | 0.445 |
| COVID-19 will be still dangerous, because of many people not respecting social distancing. | −0.821 | −0.109 | - |
| Eigenvalues | 2.067 | 1.311 | 0.648 |
| VAF | 41.341 | 26.220 | 12.963 |
| Cumulative VAF | 41.340 | 67.560 | 80.520 |