TABLE 5.

Perceived trustworthiness of information sources ^a

Information source	Entire sample	No chronic conditions	One or more chronic conditions
Watching TV news (n = 2402)	2.2 (0.7)	2.2 (0.7)	2.3 (0.8)
Reading news on a news website or in print (n = 2475)	2.4 (0.7)	2.5 (0.7)	2.4 (0.7)
Government website (n = 2400)	2.6 (0.8)	2.7 (0.8)	2.5 (0.8)
Social media (n = 2419)	1.5 (0.6)	1.5 (0.6)	1.5 (0.6)
Other Internet website (n = 2197)	1.9 (0.7)	1.9 (0.7)	1.9 (0.7)
National Public Radio (n = 2069)	2.7 (1.0)	2.8 (0.9)	2.6 (1.0)
Local radio stations (n = 1924)	2.0 (0.7)	2.1 (0.7)	2.0 (0.7)
Health care provider (n = 2219)	3.3 (0.7)	3.3 (0.7)	3.3 (0.7)
Family and friends (n = 2382)	2.3 (0.7)	2.2 (0.7)	2.3 (0.7)

^a Data are mean (SD) for the perceived trustworthiness of information sources items, possible responses ranged from 1 (do not trust at all) to 4 (totally trust). Participants were able to respond N/A to trustworthiness of information sources items. N/A responses were set to missing to calculate descriptive statistics.