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. 2020 Sep 12;26(1):169–187. doi: 10.1007/s11366-020-09696-2

Table 5.

Robustness Check

Unexponentiated Coefficients
Conservatives Non-conservatives

Robustness Check for Model 1

Ordered Logit Model of Predicting Political Ideology

Degree of COVID-19 Threat

0.080

(0.096)

0.216**

(0.080)

Control Variables Included Included
Observations 423 788

Robustness Check for Model 2

Predicting Support for Travel Ban

Option A: Ordered Logit Model
Conservative

0.721***

(0.132)

Control Variables Included
Observations 1211

Option B: Multinomial Logit Model

(1 = Screening as reference, 2 = Ban as Outcome)

Conservative

0.749***

(0.139)

Control Variables Included
Observations 1211
Robustness Check for Model 3
KHB Method of Estimating the Indirect Effect of Degree of COVID-19 Threat on Support for Travel Ban Through Political Ideology
Option A: Ordered Logit Model
Indirect Effect

−0.009

(0.012)

−0.029*

(0.015)

Control Variables Included Included
Observations 423 788

Option B: Multinomial Logit Model

(1 = Screening as reference, 2 = Ban as Outcome)

Indirect Effect

−0.011

(0.014)

−0.031*

(0.016)

Control Variables Included Included
Observations 423 788

Note: Multiple imputation (200 imputations) is used to handle missing data

Standard errors in parentheses.

<0.1, * < 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001