Table 3.
Logit results for diagnosis sharing (N=946)—survey fielded between February 27 and March 9, 2023.
| Variables | ORa (95% CI) | Standard error (robust) | P value | ||||
| COVID-19 experience | |||||||
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No symptoms (reference category) | —b | — | — | |||
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Mild symptoms | 1.887 (0.738-5.523) | 0.963 | .21 | |||
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Severe symptoms (not requiring hospitalization) | 3.183 (1.207-9.46) | 1.657 | .02 | |||
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Severe symptoms (requiring hospitalization) | 9.915 (3.208-30.612) | 5.675 | <.001 | |||
| Reliance on social media for COVID-19 information | |||||||
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Not at all (reference category) | — | — | — | |||
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Not much | 1.413 (0.686-2.989) | 0.535 | .36 | |||
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A little | 5.179 (2.692-9.882) | 1.721 | <.001 | |||
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A great deal | 7.051 (3.537-14.251) | 2.551 | <.001 | |||
| Political affiliation | |||||||
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Democrat (reference category) | — | — | — | |||
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Independent | 0.473 (0.285-0.779) | 0.123 | .004 | |||
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Republican | 0.499 (0.313-0.857) | 0.13 | .008 | |||
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Nonvoter | 0.395 (0.181-0.771) | 0.149 | .01 | |||
| Gender | |||||||
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Female | — | — | — | |||
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Male | 0.831 (0.561-1.193) | 0.161 | .34 | |||
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Other or nonbinary | 0.469 (0.107-2.145) | 0.354 | .32 | |||
| Age | 0.992 (0.979-1.005) | 0.007 | .22 | ||||
| Ethnicity | |||||||
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Non-Hispanic (reference category) | — | — | — | |||
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Hispanic | 0.776 (0.491-1.269) | 0.190 | .30 | |||
| Race | |||||||
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White | — | — | — | |||
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Black or African American | 0.591 (0.301-1.149) | 0.208 | .14 | |||
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Asian, Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander | 0.254 (0.089-0.752) | 0.138 | .01 | |||
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Other | 0.735 (0.335-1.596) | 0.294 | .44 | |||
| Education | |||||||
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Less than college degree (reference category) | — | — | — | |||
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College degree or higher | 0.907 (0.653-1.419) | 0.187 | .64 | |||
| Constant | 0.067 (0.019-0.309) | 0.051 | <.001 | ||||
| −2 log likelihood | −363.372 | — | — | ||||
| Pseudo R2 | 0.173 | — | — | ||||
aOR: odds ratio.
bOdds ratios are not calculated for reference categories.