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

Table 4. OLS Regression coefficients predicting political discussion.

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	B	Beta	B	Beta	B	Beta
(Constant)	0.406		0.189		0.23
FB News Reliance	0.144	0.169^*	0.097	0.114^*	0.104	0.122^*
Heavy FB user	0.024	0.031	0.019	0.024	0.023	0.03
Uses FB Often	-0.002	-0.055	-0.001	-0.037	-0.001	-0.04
Follows news sites and govt agencies on FB	0.079	0.154^*	0.05	0.097^*	0.043	0.085^*
Political engagement on FB	0.106	0.092^*	0.11	0.095^*	0.11	0.095^*
Attention to politics on FB	0.128	0.348^*	0.098	0.266^*	0.098	0.267^*
FB Informs on politics	0.05	0.061	0.022	0.027	0.023	0.028
FB friends with different views	0.003	0.004	0	0.001	0.002	0.002
FB friends politically active	0.042	0.057	0.035	0.048	0.031	0.043
Follows traditional news			0.024	0.033	0.033	0.045
Interest in politics			0.191	0.233^*	0.191	0.234^*
Age					-0.005	-0.071^*
Education					0.013	0.035
Female					0.014	0.014
Income group					-0.006	-0.01
R²	0.394		0.428		0.431
Adjusted R²	0.387		0.421		0.421

*p < .05

**p < .01

***p < .0001