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. 2021 Aug 4;159(2):667–705. doi: 10.1007/s11205-021-02767-8

Table 5.

US-born white males

Micro index Macro index
Distrust 0.014 0.088
(0.014) (0.015)
Authoritarianism 0.084 0.586
(0.127) (0.119)
Xenophobia; Immigration
Decreased a lot -0.003 0.139
(0.020) (0.020)
Does cultural harm 0.010 0.031
(0.006) (0.008)
Is bad for econ. 0.003 0.040
(0.007) (0.010)
Racism
Blacks -0.364 -3.684
(1.373) (1.544)
Hispanics -1.177 -3.051
(1.500) (1.526)
Black lives matter -2.746 -9.039
(1.654) (1.944)
Homophobia and female empowerment
Gays and lesbians -1.965 -4.143
(1.948) (1.811)
Transgender -0.794 -4.731
(1.769) (1.837)
Feminism -2.664 -5.675
(1.576) (1.595)
Views on religion
Jews 0.082 -2.594
(1.521) (1.522)
Muslims -0.681 -7.009
(1.762) (1.851)
Political candidate support
Hillary Clinton -1.496 -10.198
(1.152) (1.134)
Donald Trump 2.672 13.123
(1.311) (1.446)

p<0.01, p<0.05,p<0.1. Dataset: 2016 American National Election Studies. Results are based on 681 US-born, White, heterosexual males. Standard errors are in parentheses. Each row captures the respective micro and macroeconomic insecurity results for the outcome listed. Aside from the results pertaining to Distrust and Xenophobia, all estimates are derived using OLS, with the former determined using an ordinal probit specification where average marginal effects are presented. Additional controls include: political identification, income, education level, age, being “born-again", marital status, and whether governor is Republican or Democrat