Table A14.

Robustness to Excluding Most Affected Countries (i.e. excluding top 5 percentile).

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Outcome →	Confidence in scientists	Scientists working for private companies benefit the public	Scientists working for private companies are honest	Scientists working for universities benefit the public	Scientists working for universities are honest	Scientists to find out accurate information
Exposure to Epidemic (18–25)	−3.427**	−1.326***	−1.965***	−0.580	−3.269***	−1.413**
	(1.351)	(0.313)	(0.489)	(0.463)	(0.451)	(0.667)
Observations	79,223	77,719	73,214	77,537	72,531	80,286
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Outcome →	Have trust in science	Science and technology will help improve life	Studying diseases is a part of science	Have trust in doctors and nurses	Have trust in hospitals and health clinics	Have trust in traditional healers
Exposure to Epidemic (18–25)	0.122	0.551	0.189	1.569	1.290	−0.711
	(0.468)	(0.473)	(0.364)	(1.235)	(1.360)	(0.528)
Observations	81,346	82,578	84,246	87,743	85,761	83,696

Notes: Results use the Gallup sampling weights and robust standard errors are clustered at the country level. Specification is Column 3 of Table 1.Source: The most affected countries are * Madagascar, Philippines, Niger, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Chad, and Republic of Congo. Wellcome Global Monitor, 2018 and EM-DAT International Disaster Database, 1970–2017. * significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1%.