Table 3.
Regression results for knowledge, perceptions, and self-reported adherence.
| Independent variables (reference) | Model 1: knowledgea | Model 2: perceptionsa | Model 3: self-reported adherencea | ||||||||||||
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β (95% CI) | P value | β (95% CI) | P value | β (95% CI) | P value | |||||||||
| Age | .002 (–0.003 to 0.007) | .51 | –.007 (–0.01 to –0.002) | .007b | .004 (–0.0004 to 0.008) | .07 | |||||||||
| Gender (men) | |||||||||||||||
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Women | .026 (–0.1 to 0.15) | .69 | .16 (0.02 to 0.3) | .02b | .15 (0.04 to 0.26) | .008b | ||||||||
| Race or ethnicity (White) | |||||||||||||||
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Black or African American | –.048 (–0.26 to 0.16) | .66 | .14 (–0.09 to 0.36) | .24 | .21 (0.03 to 0.39) | .02b | ||||||||
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Hispanic or Latino | –.079 (–0.27 to 0.11) | .41 | .28 (0.08 to 0.49) | .007b | .27 (0.11 to 0.43) | .001b | ||||||||
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American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | .072 (–0.45 to 0.6) | .79 | .92 (0.35 to 1.49) | .002b | .32 (–0.13 to 0.77) | .16 | ||||||||
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Other | –.09 (–0.35 to 0.17) | .49 | .07 (–0.21 to 0.34) | .63 | .14 (–0.07 to 0.36) | .19 | ||||||||
| Education level | .03 (–0.014 to 0.079) | .17 | –.015 (–0.065 to 0.036) | .56 | .001 (–0.039 to 0.04) | .95 | |||||||||
| Employment | .029 (–0.008 to 0.066) | .13 | –.001 (–0.04 to 0.038) | .95 | .005 (–0.027 to 0.036) | .78 | |||||||||
| Income | .03 (0.005 to 0.05) | .02b | –.03 (–0.053 to –0.005) | .02b | –.015 (–0.03 to 0.004) | .13 | |||||||||
| Political affiliation (independent) | |||||||||||||||
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Republican | –.12 (–0.28 to 0.04) | .15 | –.5 (–0.67 to –0.33) | <.001b | –.23 (–0.37 to –0.09) | .001b | ||||||||
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Democrat | –.21 (–0.37 to –0.057) | .008b | .34 (0.17 to 0.5) | <.001b | .17 (–0.04 to 0.31) | .01b | ||||||||
| COVID-19 vaccination status (yes, but no booster) | |||||||||||||||
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No | .00 (–0.17 to 0.17) | .99 | –.22 (–0.4 to –0.04) | .02b | –.22 (–0.36 to –0.07) | .003b | ||||||||
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Yes, including booster | .02 (–0.13 to 0.18) | .78 | .31 (0.15 to 0.48) | <.001b | .32 (0.19 to 0.45) | <.001b | ||||||||
| Site for COVID-19 news (Reddit) | |||||||||||||||
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–.086 (–0.31 to 0.14) | .45 | –.23 (–0.47 to 0.009) | .06 | –.23 (–0.42 to –0.043) | .02b | |||||||||
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–.026 (–0.28 to 0.23) | .84 | –.40 (–0.68 to –0.12) | .005b | –.22 (–0.44 to 0.0026) | .05 | |||||||||
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Snapchat | .21 (–0.26 to 0.68) | .38 | –.17 (–0.66 to 0.31) | .49 | –.33 (–0.71 to 0.057) | .10 | ||||||||
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TikTok | –.29 (–0.58 to –0.004) | .047b | –.29 (–0.6 to 0.016) | .06 | –.25 (–0.5 to –0.009) | .04b | ||||||||
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.015 (–0.22 to 0.25) | .90 | –.33 (–0.58 to –0.08) | .01b | –.08 (–0.28 to 0.12) | .43 | |||||||||
| Regularity of social media use (less than once per week) | |||||||||||||||
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Several times per day | .27 (–0.18 to 0.71) | .24 | –.22 (–0.71 to 0.27) | .37 | –.24 (–0.62 to 0.14) | .22 | ||||||||
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Once per day | .16 (–0.32 to 0.63) | .52 | –.12 (–0.63 to 0.4) | .66 | –.23 (–0.63 to 0.18) | .27 | ||||||||
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A few times per week | .2 (–0.29 to 0.69) | .43 | –.03 (–0.57 to 0.5) | .91 | –.16 (–0.58 to 0.27) | .47 | ||||||||
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Once per week | –.55 (–1.33 to 0.22) | .16 | –.23 (–1.07 to 0.62) | .60 | –.03 (–0.7 to 0.63) | .92 | ||||||||
aR2 values of models 1-3 are 0.06 (knowledge), 0.23 (perceptions), and 0.19 (self-reported adherence) respectively.
bP values indicate statistical significance at the α=.05 level.