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Table 4.

Bivariate correlations for study variables weighted by country in study 1.

variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1. age	—
2. education	−0.05*	—
factual minority status
3. ethnicity^a	−0.21***	−0.02	—
4. religion^a	−0.07**	−0.07**	0.22***	—
5. atheism^a	−0.08***	0.01	−0.02	−0.28***	—
6. political left^a	−0.04	−0.01	0.03	0.00	0.09***	—
7. political right^a	0.06*	−0.00	−0.03	0.03	−0.12***	−0.08***	—
8. gender identity^a	−0.01	−0.05*	.07**	.06**	−0.03	.07**	−0.03	—
9. sexual orientation^a	−0.23***	−0.04*	0.10***	0.05*	0.09***	0.17***	−0.07**	0.04	—
10. social class^a	0.08***	−0.21***	−0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03	−0.01	0.06**	0.05*	—
11. region of residence^a	0.05*	−0.05*	0.04	0.04	0.02	−0.09***	0.04	0.02	0.00	0.06**	—
self-perceived minority status
12. ethnicity	−0.17***	−0.01	0.42***	0.18***	−0.10***	0.04	0.07**	0.00	0.04*	−0.00	0.03	—
13. religion	−0.13***	−0.04	0.16***	0.29***	−0.10***	0.06**	0.11***	0.00	0.04	−0.01	−0.01	0.57***	—
14. political views	−0.15***	−0.04	0.12***	0.11***	−0.05*	0.08***	0.12***	−0.06**	0.07**	−0.01	0.00	0.48***	0.65***	—
15. gender identity	−0.18***	−0.06**	0.14***	0.09***	−0.06**	0.04*	0.09***	−0.01	0.11***	0.02	0.02	0.62***	0.54***	0.51***	—
16. sexual orientation	−0.22***	−0.05*	0.12***	0.09***	−0.03	0.11***	0.07**	−0.01	0.38***	0.03	0.02	0.55***	0.53***	0.52***	0.81***	—
17. social class	−0.16***	−0.07***	0.17***	0.14***	−0.09***	0.043*	0.10***	−0.00	0.08***	0.05*	0.01	0.60***	0.58***	0.61***	0.68***	0.61***	—
18. region of residence	−0.15***	−0.07**	0.20***	0.14***	−0.09***	0.01	0.10***	−0.02	0.05*	0.03	0.01	0.64***	0.58***	0.57***	0.69***	0.61***	0.78***	—
19. COVID-19 misinformation	−0.16***	0.00	0.09***	0.06**	−0.15***	−0.05*	0.20***	−0.05*	−0.04	−0.04	−0.07**	0.38***	0.32***	0.32***	0.43***	0.37***	0.38***	0.41***

^a0 = factual majority member and 1 = factual minority member.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.