Table 1. Descriptive and inferential statistics for the set of socio-demographic measures.
| Socio-demographic measure | Frequency (%) (N. of counts) | Test Statistics | ||||
| ToT | Condition Metaphor | Condition Neutral | Chi-square | p | ||
| Gender | F | 64.5 (129) | 63.7 (70) | 61.5 (59) | χ 2(1) = 0.74 | .38 |
| M | 35.5 (71) | 32.7 (34) | 38.5 (37) | |||
| Education Level | A | 4.5 (9) | 2.8 (3) | 6.3 (6) | χ 2(3) = 6.05 | .10 |
| B | 20.8 (42) | 23.6 (25) | 17.7 (17) | |||
| C | 57.4 (116) | 61.3 (65) | 53.1 (51) | |||
| D | 17.3 (35) | 12.3 (13) | 22.9 (22) | |||
| Region SARS-CoV-2 Risk | High | 84.9 (169) | 86.5 (90) | 83.2 (79) | χ 2(2) = 0.87 | .64 |
| Medium | 9.5 (19) | 7.7 (8) | 11.6 (11) | |||
| Low | 5.5 (11) | 5.8 (6) | 5.3 (5) | |||
| Socio-demographic measure | Mean (SD) | Test Statistics | ||||
| ToT | Condition Metaphor | Condition Neutral | Wilcoxon (W) | p | ||
| Age | 33.53(14.77) | 32.54(14.63) | 34.62(14.93) | 4733.5 | .39 | |
| TV_Newspaper | 6.41(1.80) | 6.41(1.94) | 6.41(1.65) | 3839.5 | .85 | |
| Ind_Social | 6.04(2.03) | 6.13(2.02) | 5.94(2.05) | 3932 | .64 | |
| Political orientation | 3.04(1.77) | 3.02(1.88) | 3.05(1.66) | 3632 | .64 | |
| Approval Premier | 6.94(1.84) | 6.95(1.66) | 6.94(2.03) | 3671.5 | .73 | |
| Approval Government | 5.92(1.90) | 5.86(1.90) | 5.98(1.91) | 3530 | .44 | |
| Approval Opposition | 3.54(1.96) | 3.55(2.04) | 3.53(1.89) | 3770.5 | .97 | |
| Approval Region Governor | 5.81(2.88) | 6.01(2.90) | 5.95(2.87) | 4137.5 | .27 | |
Gender, Education level (A: middle school diploma; B: secondary school certificate; C: University student; D: Degree) and Region SARS-CoV-2 Risk (High, Medium, Low): frequency distribution in total and by condition; chi-squared statistics for differences between conditions. All other measures: mean (SD) in total and by condition; Wilcoxon signed rank test statistics for differences between conditions.