Table 4.
OLS Regression on Number of Types of Information About the Novel Coronavirus Shared on Social Media.
| Number of types of information about the novel coronavirus shared on social media | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) | −0.05*** (0.01) |
| Female | −0.07 (0.16) | −0.10 (0.16) | −0.04 (0.16) | −0.08 (0.16) | 0.00 (0.16) | −0.05 (0.16) | −0.01 (0.17) | −0.07 (0.17) | −0.03 (0.17) | −0.08 (0.17) | −0.03 (0.17) | −0.07 (0.16) |
| Education: ≤High school | −0.29 (0.21) | −0.21 (0.21) | −0.29 (0.21) | −0.20 (0.21) | −0.24 (0.21) | −0.18 (0.21) | −0.27 (0.22) | −0.19 (0.21) | −0.27 (0.21) | −0.19 (0.21) | −0.26 (0.21) | −0.18 (0.21) |
| Education: Some college | −0.02 (0.24) | −0.01 (0.24) | −0.03 (0.24) | −0.02 (0.24) | 0.06 (0.24) | 0.04 (0.24) | 0.05 (0.24) | 0.04 (0.24) | 0.06 (0.24) | 0.04 (0.24) | 0.03 (0.24) | 0.03 (0.24) |
| Hispanic | 0.23 (0.23) | 0.12 (0.23) | 0.18 (0.23) | 0.07 (0.23) | 0.21 (0.24) | 0.10 (0.23) | 0.21 (0.24) | 0.08 (0.24) | 0.20 (0.24) | 0.08 (0.24) | 0.21 (0.24) | 0.10 (0.24) |
| Black | 0.41 (0.25) | 0.33 (0.25) | 0.32 (0.25) | 0.24 (0.25) | 0.41 (0.25) | 0.32 (0.25) | 0.40 (0.26) | 0.30 (0.25) | 0.41 (0.26) | 0.31 (0.25) | 0.38 (0.25) | 0.29 (0.25) |
| Asian | −0.19 (0.38) | −0.18 (0.38) | −0.29 (0.38) | −0.26 (0.38) | −0.24 (0.38) | −0.24 (0.38) | −0.29 (0.39) | −0.28 (0.38) | −0.31 (0.38) | −0.29 (0.38) | −0.28 (0.38) | −0.26 (0.38) |
| Native American | 0.25 (0.57) | 0.03 (0.56) | 0.18 (0.57) | −0.05 (0.56) | 0.35 (0.57) | 0.09 (0.57) | 0.31 (0.58) | 0.03 (0.57) | 0.27 (0.58) | 0.00 (0.57) | 0.30 (0.57) | 0.05 (0.57) |
| Household income (log) | 0.02 (0.09) | −0.06 (0.09) | −0.00 (0.09) | −0.09 (0.09) | −0.01 (0.09) | −0.08 (0.09) | −0.01 (0.09) | −0.09 (0.09) | 0.01 (0.09) | −0.08 (0.09) | 0.02 (0.09) | −0.09 (0.09) |
| Infrequent user | 0.43 (0.28) | 0.46† (0.27) | 0.45 (0.28) | 0.48† (0.27) | 0.47† (0.28) | 0.49† (0.28) | 0.53† (0.28) | 0.54† (0.28) | 0.55* (0.28) | 0.55* (0.28) | 0.54† (0.28) | 0.55* (0.28) |
| Mobile only home | 0.27 (0.33) | 0.37 (0.33) | 0.34 (0.33) | 0.44 (0.33) | 0.24 (0.33) | 0.35 (0.33) | 0.34 (0.33) | 0.44 (0.33) | 0.33 (0.33) | 0.44 (0.33) | 0.30 (0.33) | 0.40 (0.33) |
| Internet skills | 0.36*** (0.08) | 0.36*** (0.08) | 0.38*** (0.08) | 0.37*** (0.07) | 0.38*** (0.08) | 0.37*** (0.08) | 0.37*** (0.08) | 0.37*** (0.08) | 0.37*** (0.08) | 0.37*** (0.08) | 0.37*** (0.08) | 0.37*** (0.08) |
| Health status | −0.76** (0.24) | −0.84** (0.24) | −0.57* (0.24) | −0.61* (0.24) | −0.65** (0.24) | −0.72** (0.24) | ||||||
| High risk | 0.68*** (0.18) | 0.74*** (0.18) | 0.82*** (0.18) | 0.90*** (0.18) | 0.89*** (0.18) | 0.81*** (0.18) | ||||||
| COVID experience | 0.64** (0.19) | 0.67*** (0.19) | 0.67** (0.19) | 0.77*** (0.19) | 0.76*** (0.19) | 0.68*** (0.19) | ||||||
| Disability | 1.53*** (0.22) | 1.37*** (0.23) | ||||||||||
| Physical disability | 1.88*** (0.29) | 1.77*** (0.30) | ||||||||||
| Communicative disabilities | 1.84*** (0.36) | 1.47*** (0.36) | ||||||||||
| Cognitive disabilities | 0.48 (0.40) | 0.30 (0.40) | ||||||||||
| Outside disabilities | 0.99* (0.47) | 0.86† (0.47) | ||||||||||
| Multiple disabilities | 1.42*** (0.33) | 1.20*** (0.34) | ||||||||||
| Constant | 3.16** (1.12) | 3.78** (1.12) | 3.58** (1.12) | 4.22*** (1.12) | 3.41** (1.12) | 3.97*** (1.13) | 3.54** (1.14) | 4.15*** (1.14) | 3.47** (1.14) | 4.09*** (1.13) | 3.63** (1.13) | 4.20*** (1.13) |
| N | 1,354 | 1,353 | 1,357 | 1,356 | 1,357 | 1,356 | 1,354 | 1,353 | 1,354 | 1,353 | 1,354 | 1,353 |
| R 2 | .12 | .15 | .12 | .15 | .12 | .14 | .10 | .13 | .10 | .13 | .11 | .14 |
Note. OLS = ordinary least squares.
†
p < .1. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.