Table 3.

Robustness with alternative measurement of social media use (n = 18,858).

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6
	Offline social network	Entrepreneurial entry
Social media use	0.066⁎⁎⁎	0.110⁎⁎⁎	0.105⁎⁎⁎	0.111⁎⁎⁎	0.111⁎⁎⁎	0.106⁎⁎⁎
	(0.008)	(0.031)	(0.031)	(0.031)	(0.031)	(0.031)
Offline social network			0.081⁎⁎			0.081⁎⁎
			(0.035)			(0.035)
Trust propensity				-0.006	-0.004	-0.003
				(0.020)	(0.020)	(0.020)
Social media use* Trust propensity					-0.004	-0.004
					(0.012)	(0.012)
Gender	-0.053⁎⁎⁎	0.309⁎⁎⁎	0.313⁎⁎⁎	0.311⁎⁎⁎	0.312⁎⁎⁎	0.315⁎⁎⁎
	(0.018)	(0.081)	(0.081)	(0.081)	(0.081)	(0.081)
Age	0.002⁎⁎⁎	-0.032⁎⁎⁎	-0.032⁎⁎⁎	-0.032⁎⁎⁎	-0.032⁎⁎⁎	-0.032⁎⁎⁎
	(0.001)	(0.004)	(0.004)	(0.004)	(0.004)	(0.004)
Age squared	-0.000⁎⁎⁎	-0.001⁎⁎⁎	-0.001⁎⁎⁎	-0.001⁎⁎⁎	-0.001⁎⁎⁎	-0.001⁎⁎⁎
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Educational level	0.171⁎⁎⁎	-0.576⁎⁎⁎	-0.591⁎⁎⁎	-0.573⁎⁎⁎	-0.570⁎⁎⁎	-0.585⁎⁎⁎
	(0.023)	(0.112)	(0.112)	(0.112)	(0.113)	(0.113)
Personal income	0.000⁎⁎⁎	0.000⁎⁎⁎	0.000⁎⁎⁎	0.000⁎⁎⁎	0.000⁎⁎⁎	0.000⁎⁎⁎
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Family income	0.000⁎⁎⁎	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Constant	7.259⁎⁎⁎	-1.492⁎⁎⁎	-2.078⁎⁎⁎	-1.486⁎⁎⁎	-1.493⁎⁎⁎	-2.080⁎⁎⁎
	(0.045)	(0.241)	(0.349)	(0.242)	(0.242)	(0.350)
Chi-square/F	86.78	247.69	253.28	247.79	247.89	253.46
Pseudo R-Square/R-squared	0.031	0.042	0.043	0.042	0.042	0.043
Log-likelihood/Adj R-squared	0.031	-2826.08	-2823.28	-2826.03	-2825.98	-2823.19

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses. The sample size n varies because less missing values on the alternative measurement. Social media use is measured with the item “How important is the internet as a communication path?” The answer is scored on a 1–5 scale from “very unimportant” to “very important”.

^⁎p < 0.10,

^⁎⁎p < 0.05,

^⁎⁎⁎p < 0.01