TABLE 3.
One-way ANOVA for country of residence on conspiracy beliefs and misinformation beliefs.
Dependent variables | df | F | Sig. | Country | Mean score |
Conspiracy beliefs | 7 | 107.82 | 0.00 | Philippines | 5.83 |
United States | 5.19 | ||||
Hong Kong | 5.03 | ||||
England | 4.97 | ||||
Belgium | 4.35 | ||||
Switzerland | 4.31 | ||||
Canada | 3.95 | ||||
New Zealand | 3.86 | ||||
Misinformation beliefs | 7 | 172.63 | 0.00 | Philippines | 4.91 |
Hong Kong | 4.06 | ||||
United States | 3.73 | ||||
England | 3.51 | ||||
Switzerland | 3.11 | ||||
New Zealand | 3.05 | ||||
Canada | 2.75 | ||||
Belgium | 2.62 |
Answer options for both misinformation and conspiracy beliefs ranged from 1 to 10, with the high end of the scale denoting high misinformation/conspiracy beliefs.