Table 1.

Characteristics of the study group.

Variable	Response Categories	Respondents % (n)
Gender	women	50.6 (507)
	men	49.4 (495)
Education level	lower than upper secondary	19.8 (199)
	upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary	48.9 (490)
	bachelor’s degree	10.7 (107)
	masters’ degree or higher	20.6 (206)
Place of residence	rural	36.6 (366)
	urban < 20,000	10.9 (110)
	urban from 20,000 to <100,000	21.0 (211)
	urban from 100,000 to <200,000	9.1 (92)
	urban from 200,000 to <500,000	10.6 (107)
	urban from 500,000	11.7 (117)
Marital status	single	34.5 (345)
	married	50.8 (509)
	widowed or divorced or separated	14.7 (147)
Vocational status	employee	47.2 (473)
	self-employed or farmer	13.7 (138)
	on a disability pension or retired	9.6 (96)
	university or school student	10.2 (102)
	vocationally inactive including unemployed	19.3 (194)
Net monthly income per household inhabitant	≤PLN 1500 *	26.4 (265)
	>PLN 1500–3000	42.6 (427)
	>PLN 3000	18.0 (180)
	refused to disclose	13.0 (130)
Coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic is a result of genetic manipulations carried out by man.	I decidedly do not agree	8.5 (85)
	I do not agree	9.7 (97)
	difficult to say	36.0 (361)
	I agree	27.1 (272)
	I decidedly agree	18.7 (187)
The coronavirus news is made up to spread panic and to achieve a political aim.	I decidedly do not agree	10.2 (102)
	I do not agree	15.5 (155)
	difficult to say	32.6 (327)
	I agree	23.1 (231)
	I decidedly agree	18.7 (187)
Governments treat the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext for the introduction of total surveillance of the population	I decidedly do not agree	5.2 (52)
	I do not agree	8.6 (86)
	difficult to say	30.1 (302)
	I agree	32.7 (328)
	I decidedly agree	23.4 (234)

* PLN—current ISO4217 code for Polish zloty.