TABLE 5.

Hierarchical regression results for belief in non-political real news.

Variable	B	SE B	β	t	R 2	R 2 adjusted	ΔR2	AIC	df
Model 1					0.113	0.107	0.113***	843.7849	274
Constant	4.951	0.234		21.123
Age	−0.024***	0.004	–0.333	–5.824
Gender	0.216*	0.129	0.096	1.671
Model 2					0.126	0.110	0.013	845.7849	271
Constant	4.687***	0.456		10.276
Age	−0.025***	0.004	–0.349	–5.888
Gender	0.181	0.136	0.080	1.329
Objective political knowledge	–0.048	0.040	–0.079	–1.203
Scientific literacy	0.023	0.065	0.021	0.348
Political interest	0.140	0.074	0.122	1.882
Model 3					0.131	0.011	0.005	846.1861	270
Constant	4.836***	0.471		10.268
Age	−0.260***	0.004	–0.350	–5.915
Gender	0.186	0.136	0.082	0.174
Objective political knowledge	–0.051	0.040	–0.084	–1.288
Scientific literacy	0.024	0.070	0.022	0.369
Political interest	0.133	0.074	0.170	1.798
Satisfaction with government	–0.034	0.027	–0.071	–1.250
Variable	B	SE B	β	t	R 2	R 2 adjusted	ΔR2	AIC	df
Model 4					0.143	0.116	0.012	831.2888	262
Constant	4.228***	0.604		7.001
Age	−0.025***	0.004	–0.336	–5.510
Gender	0.192	0.147	0.083	1.308
Objective political knowledge	–0.039	0.041	–0.064	–0.947
Scientific literacy	0.008	0.067	0.007	0.115
Political interest	0.109	0.078	0.095	1.402
Political orientation	–0.047	0.029	–0.099	–1.589
SDO	0.064	0.062	0.067	1.024
Openness	0.150	0.121	0.075	1.233

AIC = Akaike information criterion.

*p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001.