Table 5.
Logit results for peer-to-peer information seeking (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 | 0.729 (0.385-1.596) | 0.261 | .38 | |||
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Severe symptoms (not requiring hospitalization) | 1.185 (0.597-2.532) | 0.431 | .64 | |||
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Severe symptoms (requiring hospitalization) | 2.271 (0.953-5.268) | 1.001 | .06 | |||
| Reliance on social media for COVID-19 information | |||||||
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Not at all (reference category) | — | — | — | |||
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Not much | 2.705 (1.439-5.311) | 0.909 | .003 | |||
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A little | 11.872 (6.491-21.486) | 3.632 | <.001 | |||
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A great deal | 18.802 (10.037-37.250) | 6.352 | <.001 | |||
| Political affiliation | |||||||
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Democrat (reference category) | — | — | — | |||
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Independent | 0.711 (0.462-1.100) | 0.159 | .13 | |||
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Republican | 0.532 (0.356-0.873) | 0.124 | .007 | |||
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Nonvoter | 0.624 (0.316-1.137) | 0.208 | .16 | |||
| Gender | |||||||
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Male | — | — | — | |||
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Female | 0.912 (0.659-1.295) | 0.158 | .60 | |||
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Other or nonbinary | 0.546 (0.124-2.367) | 0.392 | .40 | |||
| Age | 0.963 (0.952-0.976) | 0.158 | .60 | ||||
| Ethnicity | |||||||
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Non-Hispanic (reference category) | — | — | — | |||
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Hispanic | 1.334 (0.885-2.022) | 0.284 | .18 | |||
| Race | |||||||
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White | — | — | — | |||
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Black or African American | 0.914 (0.443-1.334) | 0.233 | .47 | |||
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Asian, Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander | 2.647 (1.401-5.195) | 0.916 | .005 | |||
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Other | 0.655 (0.309-1.404) | 0.252 | .27 | |||
| Education | |||||||
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Less than college degree (reference category) | — | — | — | |||
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College degree or higher | 1.214 (0.864-1.789) | 0.238 | .32 | |||
| Constant | 0.477 (0.159-1.367) | 0.291 | .22 | ||||
| −2 log likelihood | −424.731 | — | — | ||||
| Pseudo R2 | 0.297 | — | — | ||||
aOR: odds ratio.
bOdds ratios are not calculated for reference categories.