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. 2021 May 11;187:415–430. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.04.006

Table 2.

Summary statistics: Means by treatment and support for President Trump

Control
No COVID Exp
Control T1 T2 T3 Trump=5 Trump=1 Pooled Trump=5 Trump=1
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Subject Demographics
 Rich 0.542 0.531 0.558 0.556
 College 0.715 0.689 0.678 0.684
 Health Cond 0.483 0.497 0.502 0.500
 Male 0.548 0.583 0.542 0.554
 Mature 0.072 0.081 0.074 0.079
 Hispanic 0.178 0.172 0.174 0.176
 Black 0.135 0.133 0.129 0.149
 White 0.751 0.746 0.755 0.734
 Asian 0.078 0.088 0.082 0.077
Political Preferences
 Trump 2.784 2.821 2.768 2.661
 Trump>3 0.434 0.418 0.416 0.374
 Trump<3 0.449 0.444 0.463 0.480
Views about COVID-19
 Gov. Reaction 3.725 3.661 3.575 3.553
 Concern 3.365 3.428 3.439 3.539
 Mask Self 4.309 4.439 4.411 4.477
 Mask Self Support 0.821 0.863 0.859 0.879 0.738 0.925 0.798 0.519 0.931
 Mask Others 6.098 6.252 6.227 6.275
 Mask Others Support 0.877 0.916 0.911 0.918 0.757 0.952 0.843 0.539 0.962
 Mandate 4.045 4.117 4.053 4.155
 Mandate Support 0.766 0.787 0.765 0.806 0.644 0.913 0.691 0.392 0.893
Experience with COVID-19
 Known Pos. Test 0.618 0.616 0.608 0.639
 Known death 0.314 0.259 0.282 0.275
 Tested 0.138 0.126 0.110 0.123
 Tested Pos. 0.042 0.030 0.033 0.028
Survey Behaviors
 Treatment Review 1.856 2.452 2.726
 Treatment Time 72.115 70.329 89.575
 Duration (s) 243.523 330.763 330.049 327.010
 N 728 698 690 697 107 253 939 102 377

Note: See Table 1 above for variable definitions. T1, T2, and T3 refer to the three messaging treatments. T1 refers to the CDC Treatment, in which President Trump recites CDC recommendations regarding the use of face masks or cloth face coverings. T2 refers to the Voluntary Treatment, in which President Trump additionally emphasizes the voluntary nature of wearing a mask. T3 refers to the Refusal Treatment, in which President Trump additionally emphasizes that he will not wear a mask. Trump varies from 1 (strongly unsupportive of President Trump) to 5 (strongly supportive of President Trump). No COVID Exp is the percent of people from each sample who have not tested positive or negative and do not know anyone (or know anyone who knows anyone) who has tested positive or died of COVID-19.