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. 2019 Mar 19;14(3):e0212263. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212263

Table 3. OLS Regression coefficients predicting political engagement offline.

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
B Beta B Beta B Beta B Beta
-1.8 -2.917 -3.124 -3.83
FB News Reliance 0.305 0.076* 0.103 0.026 0.052 0.013 -0.018 -0.005
Heavy FB user 0.176 0.046 0.135 0.035 0.118 0.031 0.086 0.023
Uses FB Often 0.009 0.059 0.011 0.076* 0.011 0.078* 0.012 0.083*
Follows news sites and gov’t agencies on FB 0.761 0.308* 0.643 0.26* 0.625 0.253* 0.66 0.267*
Political engagement on FB 0.235 0.043 0.207 0.038 0.206 0.037 0.239 0.043
Attention to politics on FB 0.199 0.109* 0.022 0.012 0.021 0.012 0.017 0.009
FB Informs on politics 0.073 0.018 -0.023 -0.006 -0.024 -0.006 -0.058 -0.014
FB friends with different views -0.003 -0.001 -0.013 -0.003 -0.029 -0.007 -0.052 -0.012
FB friends politically active 0.099 0.027 0.079 0.022 0.088 0.024 0.065 0.018
Follows traditional news -0.078 -0.022 -0.083 -0.024 -0.115 -0.033
Interest in politics 0.654 0.159* 0.648 0.157* 0.626 0.152*
Discussing politics 0.663 0.134* 0.584 0.118* 0.635 0.128*
Political knowledge 0.105 0.055 0.08 0.042
Age 0.017 0.047
Education 0.092 0.051
Female 0.06 0.012
Income group 0.014 0.005
R2 0.228 0.261 0.263 0.27
Adjusted R2 0.219 0.25 0.251 0.255

*p < .05

**p < .01

***p < .0001