Table 4.
Direct and indirect effects of ideology on risk perception in four experimental conditions (unstandardized regression coefficients).
| Economy—Close | Economy—Far | Public Health—Close | Public Health—Far | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate 1 | 95% CI 2 | Estimate 1 | 95% CI 2 | Estimate 1 | 95% CI 2 | Estimate 1 | 95% CI 2 | |
| Ideology → Risk Perception (direct effect) | 0.03 | (−0.04, 0.09) | 0.13 | (0.06, 0.19) | 0.06 | (−0.003, 0.13) | 0.04 | (−0.04, 0.12) |
| Ideology → Environmental value → Risk Perception | 0.06 | (0.003, 0.12) | 0.04 | (−0.01, 0.09) | 0.08 | (0.02, 0.14) | 0.09 | (0.03, 0.15) |
| Ideology → Science Belief → Risk Perception | 0.18 | (0.12, 0.25) | 0.13 | (0.08, 0.18) | 0.15 | (0.08, 0.22) | 0.19 | (0.12, 0.26) |
1 Estimated direct and indirect effects with bootstrapped samples (N = 5,000); 2 95% CI = bootstrapped 95% Confidence interval; significant coefficients are in bold.