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. 2020 Jan 17;6(1):e03214. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03214

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics in the total sample and split by gender.

Total Sample (N = 1,681)1
Males (n = 557)1
Females (n = 1,124)1
Min Max M SD Min Max M SD Min Max M SD
Extraversion 1.00 5.00 3.40 0.79 1.00 4.88 3.31 0.74 1.13 5.00 3.45 0.80
Agreeableness 1.78 5.00 3.53 0.56 2.00 5.00 3.45 0.54 1.78 5.00 3.57 0.56
Conscientiousness 1.22 5.00 3.57 0.68 1.33 5.00 3.46 0.67 1.22 5.00 3.62 0.68
Neuroticism 1.00 5.00 2.97 0.79 1.00 5.00 2.70 0.75 1.00 5.00 3.11 0.78
Openness 1.50 5.00 3.57 0.60 1.90 4.90 3.57 0.59 1.50 5.00 3.57 0.60
B-RWA-61 1.00 4.67 2.73 0.67 1.00 4.50 2.71 0.67 1.00 4.67 2.74 0.67
Total number 0 24 7.88 5.24 0 24 8.97 5.72 0 23 7.35 4.90

Note. The row regarding total number refers to the summed score of numbers of news sources consumed in total. 1 Values of the B-RWA-6 (balanced short scale on authoritarian attitudes) are derived from the following sample sizes: n(total sample) = 1,397, n(males) = 476, n(females) = 921.