Table 3.
Linear models.
| Dependent variable | COVID-threat belief | COVID-threat skepticism | Trust in traditional media | Trust in misinformation | Precautionary behavior | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictors | Coef. | (SE) | Beta | p | Coef. | (SE) | Beta | p | Coef. | (SE) | Beta | p | Coef. | (SE) | Beta | p | Coef. | (SE) | Beta | p |
| (Intercept) | 2.155 | (0.185) | <0.001 | 2.156 | (0.167) | <0.001 | 4.193 | (0.406) | <0.001 | 0.527 | (0.144) | <0.001 | 1.244 | (0.166) | < .001 | |||||
| Age (years) | −0.004 | (0.002) | −0.213 | 0.058 | −0.004 | (0.002) | −0.108* | 0.029 | −0.001 | (0.003) | −0.058 | 00.664 | 0.001 | (0.001) | −0.011 | 0.628 | 0.002 | (0.001) | 0.067 | 0.175 |
| Sex (female) | 0.296 | (0.153) | 0.061 | 0.053 | −0.303 | (0.139) | −0.213* | 0.029 | 0.045 | (0.214) | −0.055 | 0.834 | 0.068 | (0.076) | 0.006 | 0.371 | 0.110 | (0.080) | 0.139 | 0.167 |
| Age*sex interaction | −0.005 | (0.003) | −0.08 | 0.102 | 0.002 | (0.003) | 0.041 | 0.395 | −0.003 | (0.004) | −0.029 | 0.529 | −0.001 | (0.001) | −0.04 | 0.361 | −0.001 | (0.002) | −0.02 | 0.654 |
| High school education | −0.065 | (0.127) | −0.061 | 0.608 | 0.100 | (0.115) | 0.103 | 0.382 | 0.202 | (0.175) | 00.128 | 0.248 | −0.066 | (0.062) | −0.113 | 0.289 | −0.011 | (0.066) | −0.019 | 0.862 |
| Bachelor education | −0.170 | (0.127) | −0.162 | 0.180 | 0.109 | (0.115) | 0.113 | 0.344 | 0.249 | (0.176) | 00.16 | 0.157 | −0.122 | (0.062) | −0.212 | 0.051 | 0.051 | (0.066) | 0.086 | 0.443 |
| Master education | −0.177 | (0.127) | −0.166 | 0.165 | 0.076 | (0.115) | 0.079 | 0.507 | 0.365 | (0.176) | 0.231* | 0.039 | −0.191 | (0.063) | −0.327** | 0.002 | 0.039 | (0.067) | 0.066 | 0.555 |
| Change in news consumption (decrease-increase) | 0.106 | (0.026) | 0.202*** | <0.001 | −0.085 | (0.023) | −0.176*** | <0.001 | 0.132 | (0.037) | 0.169*** | <0.001 | −0.020 | (0.013) | −0.071 | 0.122 | 0.023 | (0.014) | 0.078 | 0.103 |
| Trust in social media | 0.025 | (0.021) | 0.057 | 0.241 | −0.026 | (0.019) | −0.065 | 0.177 | 0.160 | (0.030) | 0.245*** | <0.001 | 0.037 | (0.011) | 0.151*** | 0.001 | −0.026 | (0.012) | −0.108* | 0.025 |
| Precautionary behavior | −0.019 | (0.135) | −0.007 | 0.887 | 0.100 | (0.048) | 0.102* | 0.038 | ||||||||||||
| COVID-threat skepticism | −0.515 | (0.083) | −0.317*** | <0.001 | 0.293 | (0.030) | 0.487*** | <0.001 | −0.203 | (0.034) | −0.332*** | <0.001 | ||||||||
| COVID-threat belief | −0.319 | (0.073) | −0.215*** | <0.001 | 0.070 | (0.026) | 0.128** | 0.008 | 0.100 | (0.028) | 0.179*** | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Trust in misinformation | 0.114 | (0.054) | 0.112* | 0.036 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trust in traditional media | 0.007 | (0.019) | 0.018 | 0.735 | ||||||||||||||||
Coef., unstandarized coefficient; Beta, standardized coefficient; SE, standard error.
*
p ≤ 0.05;
**
p ≤ 0.01;
***
p ≤ 0.001.