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Table 2.

Maximum Likelihood Estimates for the Relationship between the Degree of the COVID-19 Threat and Political Ideology (Model 1)

Parameter	Unstandardized Coefficients
Political Ideology
← Degree of COVID-19 Threat	0.019 (0.023)	0.066* (0.028)
← Gender (1 = Male, 0 = Female)	−0.005 (0.052)	−0.142** (0.054)
← Age	−0.001 (0.002)	−0.008*** (0.001)
← Race (1 = White, 0 = Nonwhite)	−0.114^† (0.060)	0.090 (0.059)
← Household Annual Income (1 = $50 K or above, 0 = below$50 K)	−0.052 (0.056)	−0.077 (0.059)
← Education (1 = Graduate Degree, 0 = No Graduate Degree)	−0.043 (0.083)	0.205** (0.072)
← Being Employed	−0.039 (0.082)	−0.050 (0.082)
← Being Retired	−0.098 (0.093)	0.052 (0.105)
Observations	423	788

Parameter

Unstandardized Coefficients

Conservatives

Non-conservatives

Political Ideology

← Degree of COVID-19 Threat

0.019

(0.023)

0.066*

(0.028)

← Gender (1 = Male, 0 = Female)

−0.005

(0.052)

−0.142**

(0.054)

← Age

−0.001

(0.002)

−0.008***

(0.001)

← Race (1 = White, 0 = Nonwhite)

−0.114^†

(0.060)

0.090

(0.059)

← Household Annual Income

(1 = $50 K or above, 0 = below$50 K)

−0.052

(0.056)

−0.077

(0.059)

← Education

(1 = Graduate Degree, 0 = No Graduate Degree)

−0.043

(0.083)

0.205**

(0.072)

← Being Employed

−0.039

(0.082)

−0.050

(0.082)

← Being Retired

−0.098

(0.093)

0.052

(0.105)

Observations

423

788

Note: Goodness of fit test statistics are not reported since the model is a saturated model

Standard errors in parentheses.

^†<0.1, * < 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001