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. 2021 Jul 20;21:221. doi: 10.1186/s12911-021-01586-8

Table 5.

Stepwise regression models predicting openness, concern, and benefit

Predictor Model 1: Openness Model 2: Concern Model 3: Benefit
B 95% CI β B 95% CI β B 95% CI β
Age − 0.01 [− 0.01, 0.00] − 0.07* 0.00 [0.00, 0.00] 0.00 0.00 [− 0.01, 0.00] − 0.03
Sex 0.08 [− 0.02, 0.18] 0.05 − 0.22 [− 0.32, − 0.12] − 0.13*** − 0.07 [− 0.15, 0.02] − 0.04
Race − 0.01 [− 0.14, 0.11] − 0.01 − 0.00 [− 0.12, 0.12] − 0.00 − 0.12 [− 0.22, − 0.01] − 0.06*
Ethnicity 0.05 [− 0.14, 0.23] 0.01 − 0.15 [− 0.33, 0.03] − 0.05 − 0.11 [− 0.26, 0.05] − 0.04
Employment status 0.27 [0.16, 0.37] 0.14*** − 0.24 [− 0.35, − 0.13] − 0.14***
Health status − 0.23 [− 0.36, − 0.09] − 0.11**
Health system trust 0.04 [0.02, 0.06] 0.12*** − 0.06 [− 0.08, − 0.04] − 0.20***
Trust in technology 0.17 [0.12, 0.21] 0.25*** − 0.10 [− 0.14, − 0.06] − 0.16*** 0.12 [0.08, 0.16] 0.22***
Faith in technology 0.22 [0.15, 0.29] 0.21*** 0.30 [0.24, 0.37] 0.34***
Conscientiousness − 0.06 [− 0.10, − 0.02] − 0.09** 0.12 [0.08, 0.16] 0.18***
Agreeableness 0.10 [0.06, 0.14] 0.15***
Extraversion − 0.04 [− 0.07, − 0.01] − 0.08**
Social conservatism 0.00 [0.00, 0.00] − 0.07*
Economic conservatism 0.00 [− 0.01, 0.00] − 0.07*
R2 .26*** .21*** .25***

N = 916. Age, sex, race, and ethnicity entered in a first step as control variables. Age is continuous. Variables are coded as follows: Sex (1 male; 0 female), race (1 White; 0 non-White), and ethnicity (1 Latino; 0 not-Latino). Employment status (1 full-time; 0 other); health status (1 good/very good/excellent; 0 poor/fair)

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001