Table 1.

Predicting positive COVID-19 test^a.

	n1/n2	B	Wald	p	Odds ratio
Beliefs about the source
Trust in scientistsb	20/542	− 1.043	21.314	0.000	0.352
Trust President Trump re COVID-19 crisisb	20/541	0.703	9.682	0.002	2.020
Confidence in federal gov’t effectivenessb	20/541	0.997	15.185	0.000	2.709
General confidence in President Trumpb	20/541	0.551	6.329	0.012	1.735
Beliefs about the context
Worry about contracting virusb	85/1993	0.941	51.581	0.000	2.562
Likely to contract virusb	85/1993	1.273	86.887	0.000	3.571
Threat (not) exaggeratedb	85/1993	− 0.737	47.469	0.000	0.478
COVID knowledgeb	85/1993	− 1.075	195.486	0.000	0.341
Acceptance of rrue itemsb	85/1993	− 0.672	117.127	0.000	0.510
Rejection of false itemsb	85/1993	− 1.023	178.258	0.000	0.360
Other receptivity-related characteristics
General interpersonal compassionb	22/571	− 0.462	5.193	0.023	0.630
Disgust sensitivityb	29/572	0.936	18.910	0.000	2.549
Perceived vulnerability to diseaseb	29/573	0.201	1.119	0.290	1.223
Preexisting conditionsb	85/1991	0.670	42.966	0.000	1.953
Political ideology (higher, more conservative) b	85/1992	0.156	2.061	0.151	1.169
Belief in conspiracy theoriesb	29/550	1.448	30.540	0.000	4.253
Science literacyb	5/299	− 0.632	2.292	0.130	0.531
Fox News c	57/1087	0.242	1.811	0.178	1.273
NPR c	57/1087	− 1.384	8.048	0.005	0.251
Papers, magazines c	57/1087	− 0.513	6.467	0.011	0.599
Other target characteristics
Age	84/1993	− 0.053	20.980	0.000	0.948
Gender (1 = male/0 = female)	84/1979	0.872	12.888	0.000	2.391
Race (1 = Black/0 = white)	79/1709	1.668	46.312	0.000	5.299

^aCoded 0 = Negative Test Result or Untested (n₂), 1 = Positive Test Result (n₁).

^bStandardized.

^cCoded 0 = neither watch last week, nor primary news source, 1 = watched last week or primary, 2 = both.