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. 2017 Mar 31;12(3):e0174606. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174606

Table 2. Results of a Bayesian regression model (N = 16,548) predicting anger toward Arabs, Asians, and Muslims, with 95% posterior density intervals.

Political conservatism, religious identification, and socioeconomic deprivation were standardized, and age and education were centered.

Anger toward Arabs Anger toward Asians Anger toward Muslims
Posterior Mean 95% Lower Bounds 95% Upper Bounds Posterior Mean 95% Lower Bounds 95% Upper Bounds Posterior Mean 95% Lower Bounds 95% Upper Bounds
Intercept 3.079 2.910 3.248 2.871 2.721 3.020 3.050 2.885 3.219
Hours of news 0.021 -0.006 0.049 0.008 -0.017 0.032 0.038 0.009 0.066
Political conservatism (standardized) 0.220 0.191 0.249 0.148 0.121 0.174 0.236 0.206 0.266
Religious identification (standardized) -0.106 -0.160 -0.053 -0.084 -0.132 -0.037 -0.093 -0.148 -0.041
Age (centered) 0.009 0.007 0.012 0.003 0.000 0.005 0.010 0.007 0.012
Education (centered) -0.191 -0.219 -0.162 -0.165 -0.190 -0.139 -0.180 -0.210 -0.151
Employed -0.106 -0.171 -0.042 -0.154 -0.213 -0.095 -0.112 -0.180 -0.045
European -0.056 -0.169 0.057 -0.063 -0.167 0.040 0.024 -0.092 0.143
Gender 0.051 -0.004 0.106 -0.002 -0.052 0.049 0.168 0.110 0.226
Socioeconomic deprivation (standardized) 0.029 0.001 0.057 0.041 0.016 0.067 0.018 -0.011 0.048
Parent -0.046 -0.117 0.024 -0.056 -0.121 0.008 -0.068 -0.143 0.005
Partner -0.032 -0.095 0.032 -0.080 -0.138 -0.021 -0.038 -0.105 0.029
Urban 0.006 -0.055 0.067 -0.020 -0.083 0.041 0.007 -0.058 0.071
Hours of news X Political conservatism -0.008 -0.035 0.019 0.004 -0.020 0.029 -0.016 -0.045 0.012