Table 2.
Panel models.
| Change in Covid-19 knowledge |
Change in believing conspiracy claims |
Change in conspiracy thinking |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| b (SE) | b (SE) | b (SE) | |
| Conspiracy claimsb | −0.36⁎⁎⁎ (0.03) | ||
| Conspiracy thinkingb | −0.36⁎⁎⁎ (0.03) | ||
| Age | 0.005 (0.004) | −0.002+ (0.001) | −0.002 (0.002) |
| Male | 0.05 (0.11) | −0.01 (0.03) | 0.02 (0.06) |
| Collegea | 0.21 (0.16) | −0.06 (0.04) | −0.02 (0.09) |
| High schoola | 0.46⁎⁎ (0.15) | 0.02 (0.04) | −0.03 (0.08) |
| News use | 0.10⁎ (0.04) | −0.01 (0.01) | −0.02 (0.02) |
| Internet news | 0.04 (0.04) | −0.005 (0.01) | −0.03 (0.02) |
| SM news | −0.14⁎⁎⁎ (0.04) | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.02) |
| Private TV | −0.05 (0.04) | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.03 (0.02) |
| Public TV | 0.13⁎⁎ (0.04) | −0.03⁎ (0.01) | −0.02 (0.02) |
| Newspaper | −0.06 (0.04) | −0.01 (0.01) | −0.03 (0.02) |
| Knowledgeb | −0.45⁎⁎⁎ (0.04) | −0.02 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.02) |
| Threat perceptions | −0.14⁎ (0.07) | 0.05⁎⁎ (0.02) | 0.07+ (0.04) |
| Constant | 1.13⁎ (0.45) | 0.57⁎⁎⁎ (0.12) | 1.26⁎⁎⁎ (0.25) |
| Observations | 632 | 632 | 632 |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.16 |
Bold coefficients are statistically significant (p < 0.05).
a
Vocational school is the reference category.
b
These variables represent baseline scores of the dependent variables (change scores) at Wave 1. Knowledge represents the baseline score of change in knowledge in model 1.
+
p < 0.1.
⁎
p < 0.05.
⁎⁎
p < 0.01.
⁎⁎⁎
p < 0.001.