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. 2011 Mar 10;6(3):e17571. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017571

Table 6. Policy Support Predicted by Socio-Demographics, Political Orientation & Audience Segment.

Model 1:Socio-demographics Model 2:Political orientation Model 3:Audience segment Model 4:Full model
Age .01 .01
Education .06* .00
Household Income .00 .01
Gender (2  =  F) .05* -.02
Marital status (2  =  married or w/partner) -.02 .01
Work status (2  =  working) -.02 -.02
Race: white -.14 -.07
Race: black -.06 -.06
Race: Hispanic -.01 -.04
Race: other -.04 -.05
Political ideology (5  =  very liberal). .33*** .10***
Audience segment(6  =  Alarmed) .64*** .60***
Adjusted R2 .01 .12 .41 .41
F 2.8** 266.8*** 1,411.7*** 120.8***
N 2,067 2,052 2,062 2,052

*p<.05;

**p<.01;

***p<.001.

Note: Cell entries are standardized regression weights. For dummy variables, the excluded race category was “mixed race, non-Hispanic.”