Table 5. Point-Biserial correlations between study variables.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| 1. | Age | |||||||||||
| 2. | Gender | .13** | ||||||||||
| 3. | Highest Educational level completed | .07** | -.11 | |||||||||
| 4. | Frequency read information later debunked in CoronaCheck | -.02 | -.03 | -.04 | ||||||||
| 5. | Information in newsletter changed mind | .06* | .03 | .01 | -13** | |||||||
| 6. | Capacity to differentiate fake news from genuine news | -.01 | .06* | -.01 | .05 | .12** | ||||||
| 7. | Shared information not sure true | -.01 | .11* | .03 | .05 | -13** | -11** | |||||
| 8. | Perceived trustworthiness of expert COVID-19 information | .02 | -.02 | -.01 | .00 | .08** | .13** | -.05* | ||||
| 9. | Perceived trustworthiness of vaccine information | .04 | .02 | .01 | .03 | .10** | .10** | -.04 | .74** | |||
| 10. | Likelihood to have the COVID-19 vaccine | .01 | .08** | .03 | .03 | .02 | .09** | .01 | .39** | .62** | ||
| 11. | Conspiracy mentality | .15** | -.01 | -.18* | .06* | -12** | -12** | .06* | -26** | -30** | -24** | |
| 12. | Belief in science | -13** | -.03 | .15** | -.02 | .10** | .15** | -09** | .43** | .44** | .38** | -42** |
* = p < .05,
** = p < .01.