Table 5. Misinformation via social connections.
The dependent variable is Social distancing. Restrictions is the number of the five restriction types currently adopted in the county. SCI-weighted Low education is the SCI-weighted average of the proportion of people with less than a bachelor degree in the counties that the county itself is connected to, SCI-weighted Trump vote is the SCI-weighted average of the Trump vote share in the 2016 presidential election in the counties that the county itself is connected to, and SCI-weighted Climate denial is the SCI-weighted average of the share of people saying climate change is not happening in the counties that the county itself is connected to. All SCI-weighted variables exclude the counties located in the same state. N cases is the current number of confirmed cases in the county. Heteroscedasticity-consistent SEs, double-clustered by county and day, are shown in parentheses. Significance levels: *0.1, **0.05, and ***0.01.
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |
| Restr. × SCI-w Low education |
−0.2286*** (0.0216) |
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| Restr. × SCI-w Trump vote |
−0.0010*** (0.0001) |
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| Restr. × SCI-w Climate denial |
−0.0015*** (0.0004) |
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| Restrictions (0–5) | 0.1664*** (0.0162) |
0.0573*** (0.0076) |
0.0301*** (0.0079) |
| ln(N cases) | 0.0185*** (0.0011) |
0.0199*** (0.0011) |
0.0233*** (0.0012) |
| State-Day FE | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| County FE | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| N | 185,356 | 185,356 | 185,356 |
| R 2 | 0.752 | 0.751 | 0.749 |