Table 1.
List of statements with their respective number and summary statistics (mean and standard deviation). Participants were asked to state their agreement with the following sentences on a scale from 0 to 10.
| St. Nr. | Statement | (Total) | (Control) | (Status Quo) | (Peer Effect) | (SQ+ PE) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| 1 | COVID pass is important to fight COVID-19 | 6.54 | 3.35 | 6.14 | 3.33 | 6.62 | 3.30 | 6.59 | 3.42 | 6.80 | 3.32 |
| 2 | A COVID pass can help to prevent new variants of COVID-19 that might render current COVID-19 vaccines ineffective | 6.29 | 3.40 | 5.90 | 3.39 | 6.22 | 3.40 | 6.34 | 3.41 | 6.68 | 3.37 |
| 3 | A COVID pass is key to returning to normal quickly and safely | 6.16 | 3.38 | 5.78 | 3.40 | 6.19 | 3.29 | 6.17 | 3.44 | 6.52 | 3.37 |
| 4 | A COVID pass is an extreme limitation to the individual liberties of Americans | 3.11 | 3.45 | 3.29 | 3.44 | 2.91 | 3.39 | 3.31 | 3.58 | 2.90 | 3.37 |
| 5 | A COVID pass could harm the U.S. social fabric | 2.91 | 3.32 | 3.11 | 3.34 | 2.83 | 3.29 | 3.04 | 3.36 | 2.64 | 3.27 |
| 6 | A COVID pass poses severe dangers to Americans’ data privacy | 3.03 | 3.36 | 3.21 | 3.31 | 2.88 | 3.35 | 3.17 | 3.42 | 2.86 | 3.34 |
| 7 | It is unfair that people with a COVID pass can travel internationally, while individuals without it cannot | 2.72 | 3.38 | 2.73 | 3.39 | 2.51 | 3.25 | 2.95 | 3.49 | 2.70 | 3.38 |
| 8 | Allowing people with a COVID pass to travel to countries with lower access to vaccines and potentially come into contact with unvaccinated locals is unfair | 3.66 | 3.21 | 3.68 | 3.17 | 3.55 | 3.14 | 3.91 | 3.27 | 3.49 | 3.25 |
| 9 | A COVID pass could be easily forged | 5.88 | 2.97 | 5.95 | 3.00 | 5.87 | 2.93 | 5.95 | 2.95 | 5.74 | 2.99 |
| 10 | A COVID pass would induce more people to get vaccinated | 6.17 | 2.81 | 6.10 | 2.76 | 6.19 | 2.79 | 6.11 | 2.92 | 6.29 | 2.75 |
| 11 | Only people with a COVID pass should be allowed to board international flights | 6.30 | 3.52 | 6.10 | 3.52 | 6.31 | 3.48 | 6.35 | 3.55 | 6.46 | 3.54 |
| 12 | If a COVID pass were implemented, I would intentionally infect myself with COVID-19 to obtain it | 0.57 | 1.64 | 0.58 | 1.68 | 0.59 | 1.67 | 0.55 | 1.58 | 0.56 | 1.63 |
| 13 | Overall, the pros of requiring a COVID pass for international traveling outweigh the cons | 6.65 | 3.33 | 6.38 | 3.36 | 6.79 | 3.22 | 6.52 | 3.40 | 6.89 | 3.32 |
| Obs | 3993 | 999 | 1000 | 999 | 995 | ||||||