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

Table 9.

Experiential effects: mandate support.

All Trump=3 Trump>3 Trump<3 Trump=5 Trump=1 Male Female
Known Death 0.0121 0.0203 0.0319 0.00819 0.0455 0.0105 0.0191 0.00742
(0.0183) (0.0674) (0.0298) (0.0193) (0.0460) (0.0194) (0.0250) (0.0271)
Known Pos Test 0.106*** 0.0607 0.189*** 0.0747*** 0.190*** 0.0546*** 0.102*** 0.117***
(0.0188) (0.0588) (0.0340) (0.0200) (0.0604) (0.0199) (0.0251) (0.0282)
Pos Test 0.0290 0.0557 0.0224 0.263 0.0829 0.0259 0.0000149 0.0753
(0.0430) (0.138) (0.0475) (0.200) (0.0647) (0.0417) (0.0499) (0.0770)
Test 0.0657*** 0.113 0.133*** 0.0411 0.210*** 0.0425* 0.0896*** 0.0342
(0.0244) (0.0845) (0.0356) (0.0288) (0.0457) (0.0241) (0.0310) (0.0398)
Health Cond 0.0553*** 0.0917* 0.0685** 0.0575*** 0.147*** 0.0268 0.0478** 0.0674***
(0.0159) (0.0528) (0.0281) (0.0168) (0.0493) (0.0165) (0.0215) (0.0236)
Age 0.00279 0.0612*** 0.0295*** 0.0107* 0.0474*** 0.0117* 0.000143 0.00479
(0.00583) (0.0202) (0.0102) (0.00576) (0.0167) (0.00622) (0.00812) (0.00833)
Rich 0.0200 0.0114 0.0000548 0.0206 0.0295 0.0121 0.00726 0.0525**
(0.0158) (0.0513) (0.0255) (0.0183) (0.0391) (0.0185) (0.0211) (0.0238)
College 0.0426** 0.122** 0.108*** 0.0117 0.0983* 0.00625 0.0202 0.0697***
(0.0179) (0.0579) (0.0347) (0.0185) (0.0540) (0.0183) (0.0244) (0.0266)
Male 0.00747 0.0283 0.0233 0.0165 0.00454 0.0313*
(0.0154) (0.0524) (0.0257) (0.0172) (0.0400) (0.0170)
White 0.142*** 0.157** 0.141*** 0.0944*** 0.114 0.0863*** 0.116*** 0.166***
(0.0202) (0.0668) (0.0498) (0.0183) (0.0779) (0.0142) (0.0293) (0.0276)
Black 0.0454* 0.0747 0.0504 0.0467* 0.00204 0.0598** 0.0294 0.0553
(0.0250) (0.0975) (0.0535) (0.0272) (0.0784) (0.0272) (0.0348) (0.0364)
Hisp 0.0122 0.0323 0.0843*** 0.00541 0.129*** 0.00549 0.0144 0.0158
(0.0197) (0.0688) (0.0271) (0.0300) (0.0381) (0.0289) (0.0249) (0.0323)
Constant 0.759*** 0.450*** 0.621*** 0.834*** 0.592*** 0.887*** 0.770*** 0.739***
(0.0302) (0.110) (0.0672) (0.0315) (0.112) (0.0294) (0.0386) (0.0439)
Known(Death+Pos Test) 0.0942*** 0.0404 0.157*** 0.0665*** 0.235*** 0.0441** 0.0826*** 0.109***
(0.0197) (0.0665) (0.0346) (0.0210) (0.0551) (0.0208) (0.0266) (0.0294)
Test + Pos Test 0.0366 0.0568 0.155*** 0.222 0.127** 0.0684* 0.0896** 0.0411
(0.0380) (0.120) (0.0387) (0.198) (0.0602) (0.0356) (0.0432) (0.0689)
R2 0.0499 0.0629 0.147 0.0445 0.284 0.0341 0.0428 0.0675
N 2813 365 1156 1292 407 949 1566 1247

Note: The dependent variable is binary and equal to unity for subjects who say they “Strongly support” or “Support” a government mandate to wear masks in public. Trump varies from 1 (strongly unsupportive of President Trump) to 5 (strongly supportive of President Trump). Known Death and Known Pos Test are unity for people who know someone, or know someone who knows someone who has died from, or tested positive for, COVID-19, respectively. Pos Test is unity for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and Test is unity for people who have either tested positive or negative for COVID-19. See Table 1 for descriptions of covariates. Robust standard errors in parentheses. *** p0.01, ** p0.05, * p0.10.