Table 4.

Sources of information about COVID-19 and confidence in those sources ^a.

Information source	Amount of information, mean (95% CI)	Confidence in the information, mean (95% CI)
Television	4.4 (4.1–4.7)	3.9 (3.7–4.1)
Internet	4.3 (4.0–4.6)	3.7 (3.5–3.9)
Friends/Family	3.4 (3.2–3.6)	3.1 (2.9–3.3)
Newspapers/magazines	2.5 (2.4–2.6)	3.4 (3.3–3.5)
Health officials	1.9 (1.7–2.1)	3.3 (3.2–3.5)
Word of mouth	1.5 (1.1–1.9)	2.4 (2.1–2.7)

a = Scale ranged from 1 = very little to 5 = very much. CI, confidence interval.

Note: Any items could be selected. Items were presented in a random order.