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. 2024 Mar 21;37:5. doi: 10.5334/irsp.838

Table 2.

Multilevel growth model for affective polarization toward politicians (left) and partisans (right).


AFFECTIVE POLARIZATION TOWARD POLITICIANS AFFECTIVE POLARIZATION TOWARD PARTISANS


PREDICTORS β (SE) β (SE) β (SE) β (SE) β (SE) β (SE) β(SE) β (SE)

Time (months)   0.013   0.014   0.009   0.009   0.015*   0.016*   0.009   0.009

  (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)

Covariates

Age   0.130***   0.132***   0.091***   0.089***   0.069***   0.066***   0.033   0.032

  (0.019)   (0.020)   (0.018)   (0.018)   (0.019)   (0.020)   (0.018)   (0.019)

Sex (Female)   0.025   0.025 –0.018 –0.020   0.042*   0.037* –0.003 –0.004

  (0.018)   (0.019)   (0.017)   (0.017)   (0.019)   (0.019)   (0.018)   (0.018)

Education, 8 levels –0.041* –0.044* –0.018 –0.018 –0.055** –0.054** –0.033 –0.032

  (0.019)   (0.019)   (0.018)   (0.018)   (0.019)   (0.020)   (0.018)   (0.018)

Income   0.057**   0.050*   0.049**   0.046*   0.021   0.023   0.020   0.020

  (0.019)   (0.020)   (0.019)   (0.019)   (0.019)   (0.021)   (0.019)   (0.019)

Political ideology (left-right) –0.098*** –0.082*** –0.095*** –0.094*** –0.158*** –0.128*** –0.117*** –0.117***

  (0.018)   (0.020)   (0.020)   (0.020)   (0.018)   (0.020)   (0.020)   (0.020)

Rural (vs. urban)   0.010   0.011   0.015   0.015   0.013   0.011   0.014   0.012

  (0.018)   (0.018)   (0.016)   (0.016)   (0.018)   (0.018)   (0.016)   (0.016)

Media consumption (between-person)   0.003   0.006 –0.005 –0.004   0.059**   0.061**   0.043*   0.044*

  (0.019)   (0.019)   (0.018)   (0.018)   (0.019)   (0.019)   (0.018)   (0.018)

Media consumption (within-person)   0.021**   0.021**   0.021**   0.021**   0.010   0.010   0.009   0.009

  (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)

Political interest (between-person)   0.324***   0.324***   0.161***   0.162***   0.267***   0.274***   0.113***   0.114***

  (0.020)   (0.020)   (0.020)   (0.020)   (0.020)   (0.020)   (0.021)   (0.021)

Political interest (within-person)   0.025***   0.024***   0.021**   0.021**   0.031***   0.031***   0.027***   0.027***

  (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)

Economic Threats (within-person)

Personal economic hardship   0.008   0.008   0.008   0.017*   0.017*   0.017*

  (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)

Personal economic concerns   0.001 –0.001 –0.001   0.005   0.004   0.004

  (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)

Satisfaction with economy   0.005   0.003   0.003 –0.001 –0.003 –0.003

  (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)

Perceived unfairness of wealth redistribution   0.021**   0.021**   0.021**   0.015*   0.015*   0.015*

  (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)

Economic Threats (between-person)

Personal economic hardship –0.033 –0.037 –0.037 –0.019 –0.025 –0.025

  (0.025)   (0.022)   (0.022)   (0.025)   (0.023)   (0.023)

Personal economic concerns   0.005 –0.005 –0.005 –0.011 –0.016 –0.016

  (0.023)   (0.021)   (0.021)   (0.024)   (0.022)   (0.022)

Satisfaction with economy –0.002 –0.042* –0.042* –0.044* –0.068*** –0.069***

  (0.019)   (0.018)   (0.018)   (0.020)   (0.019)   (0.019)

Perceived unfairness of wealth redistribution   0.037   0.019   0.019   0.058**   0.039*   0.038*

  (0.020)   (0.019)   (0.019)   (0.021)   (0.019)   (0.019)

Identity (within-person)

Political identity   0.033***   0.033***   0.040***   0.040***

  (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)   (0.007)

Identity (between-person)

Political identity   0.364***   0.363***   0.363***   0.363***

  (0.018)   (0.018)   (0.019)   (0.019)

Regional identity –0.003 –0.003   0.009   0.009

  (0.018)   (0.018)   (0.018)   (0.018)

National identity   0.111***   0.117***   0.053*   0.057**

  (0.020)   (0.021)   (0.021)   (0.021)

European identity –0.023 –0.025 –0.034 –0.035

  (0.020)   (0.020)   (0.020)   (0.020)

Economic inequality –0.011 –0.024

  (0.016)   (0.016)

Mean income per capita   0.018   0.006

  (0.017)   (0.017)

Random Effects

σ2 (within-person variance)   0.023   0.023   0.023   0.023   0.027   0.027   0.027   0.027

τ00 (between-person variance)   0.037   0.037   0.029   0.029   0.043   0.043   0.035   0.035

ICC   0.618   0.617   0.561   0.561   0.385   0.385   0.435   0.435

N (observations)   6951   6946   6933   6933   6962   6957   6944   6944

N (individuals)   2054   2054   2051   2051   2050   2050   2047   2047

Marginal R2     0.152+     0.154     0.449     0.449     0.271     0.280     0.411     0.412

Note: * p < .05 ** p < .01 *** p < .001; +R2 estimated with no random variance at the regional level.