TABLE 3.
Variables and descriptive statistics.
| Variable | Description | Frequency, Mean and Standard Deviation∗ |
| Dependent variable | ||
| Treatment-seeking behavior | Robert [Anna] has developed symptoms that resemble those of COVID-19 (coronavirus) symptoms: temperature, tiredness, sore throat, cough. In your opinion, what should Robert’s first action be? | High-trust treatment: 440/492 (89.431%) |
| =1 if the respondent indicates that she will either call emergency, or visit a medical institution;=0 otherwise. | Low-trust treatment: 295/456 (64.693%) | |
| Independent variables | ||
| High trust dummy | =1 in High-trust treatment; | 492/948 (51.899%) |
| =0 otherwise. | ||
| Gender of the vignette | =1 if the gender of the third person in the vignette is male; | 484/948 (51.055%) |
| =0 otherwise. | ||
| Age | An integer, indicating the age of the respondent. | 35.555 (12.088) |
| School diploma or lower (the omitted category) | =1 if the highest level of education completed by the respondent is the school’s diploma or the respondent has no education; | 263/948 (27.743%) |
| =0 otherwise. | ||
| Bachelor’s degree | =1 if the highest level of education completed by the respondent is the bachelor’s degree; | 347/948 (36.603%) |
| =0 otherwise. | ||
| Master’s degree or above | =1 if the highest level of education completed by the respondent is either the master’s degree or the doctoral degree; | 338/948 (35.654%) |
| =0 otherwise. | ||
| Working | =1 if the respondent is employed either full-time or part-time or self-employed; | 431/948 (45.464%) |
| =0 otherwise. | ||
| Male | =1 if the respondent is male; | 220/948 (23.207%) |
| =0 otherwise. | ||
| Low-income group (the omitted category) | =1 if the respondent’s reported income is in one the following income categories: up to 24,000 AMD; 24,001–48000 AMD; 48,001–120,000 AMD; | 587/948 (61.920%) |
| =0 otherwise. | ||
| Medium-income group | =1 if the respondent’s reported income is in one of the following income categories: 120,001–192,000 AMD; 192,001–383,000 AMD; 383,001–575,000 AMD; | 273/948 (28.797%) |
| =0 otherwise. | ||
| High-income group | =1 if the respondent’s reported income is in one of the following income categories: 575,001–969,000 AMD; more than 969,001 AMD; | 88/948 (9.283%) |
| =0 otherwise. | ||
The descriptive statistics of the variables used in the analysis. *In case Age the mean and the standard deviation (in the parentheses) are provided.