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. 2017 Dec 1;44(3):384–405. doi: 10.1177/0146167217741314

Table 2.

Correlations Between the Moral Purity Foundation, Climate Change Rejection and Belief in Vaccines–Autism Link, Faith in Science, Resource Allocation, and Political and Religious Variables, Study 1.

M (SD) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1. MFQ: Purity/degradation 3.00 (1.03) *
2. Climate change skepticism 2.35 (1.64) .22** *
3. Vaccine skepticism 2.10 (1.44) .35** .12 *
4. Faith in science 4.85 (1.55) −.42** −.35** −.30** *
5. Political conservatism 38.83 (27.57) .27** .27** .13 −.28** *
6. Conservatism: Social issues 33.73 (26.77) .43** .31** .21** −.37** .87** *
7. Conservatism: Economic issues 43.76 (29.21) .16* .24** .03 −.20** .89** .69** *
8. Belief in God 45.52 (41.61) .42** .09 .21** −.58** .24** .37** .14 *
9. Religious orthodoxy 2.57 (1.53) .49** .21** .26** −.61** .35** .47** .18* .12 *
10. Religious identity (1 = no; 2 = yes) 36% yes .37** .11 .09 −.53** .28** .40** .16* .77** .71** *
11. Science funding allocation 6.83 (2.87) .37** .13 .26** −.31** .16* .22** .10 .36** .36** .27** *

Note. Science funding allocation: Higher scores indicate a lower ranking of science on the resource allocation task. MFQ = Moral Foundations Questionnaire.

*

p < .05. **p < .01.