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. 2021 Apr 16;12:646394. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646394

TABLE 1.

Descriptive results of individual-level variables (in% or mean scores).

Belgium Canada England Hong Kong New Zealand Philippines United States Switzerland Total
Age (mean) 48.9 48.0 47.5 46.3 46.6 38.2 47.8 49.3 46.6
Gender (%)
Male 49 48 49 45 48 49 49 48 48
Female 51 51 51 55 51 50 51 52 52
Educational attainment (%)
Secondary education or lower 65 32 60 38 34 41 24 44 49
Tertiary education or higher 35 68 39 61 64 57 76 55 51
Information sources (mean)
Health experts 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.1 2.5 2.4 2.6
Political actors 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.3
Traditional media 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.9 2.2 2.4 2.4
Digital media and personal contacts 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.8 2.1 2.0 2.1
Trust in information sources (mean)
Health experts 6.9 7.6 7.5 6.7 7.6 7.8 7.1 7.1 7.3
Political actors 4.7 6.2 5.5 5.0 6.8 6.5 4.9 6.4 5.8
Traditional media 5.8 6.3 6.0 6.5 6.3 7.1 6.0 6.1 6.3
Personal contacts 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.2 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.6
GAD (mean) 4.9 5.6 6.2 6.4 5.0 6.4 6.8 4.0 5.7
PHQ (mean) 5.0 6.4 7.4 7.0 6.3 6.9 7.6 5.1 6.4
N 1,015 1,501 1,041 1,140 1,000 1,041 1,065 1,003 8,806

1% of respondents are missing for gender, and 1.5% for educational attainment.