Table 3.
COVID sources of information
| Variable | Summary valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | ||||
| April 2020-November 2020 (n = 623) | April 2020-May 2020 (n = 192) | June 2020-July 2020 (n = 244) | August 2020-November 2020 (n = 186) | |
| Where have you been getting most of your information about the coronavirus? | ||||
| TV** | 437 (73.3) | 117 (66.1) | 166 (70.6) | 153 (83.6) |
| Online websites, NOT social media or newspapers | 204 (34.2) | 64 (36.2) | 78 (33.2) | 61 (33.3) |
| CDC* | 35 (17.2) | 4 (6.3) | 14 (18.0) | 17 (27.9) |
| LA Website | 15 (7.4) | 3 94.7) | 4 (5.1) | 8 (13.1) |
| Social media* | 149 (25.0) | 37 (20.9) | 71 (30.2) | 40 (21.9) |
| Newspaper, magazines (online & print)** | 34 (5.7) | 13 (7.3) | 20 (8.5) | 1 (0.6) |
| Health professional | 96 (16.1) | 26 (14.7) | 37 (15.7) | 33 (18.0) |
| Family/friends* | 65 (10.9) | 26 (14.7) | 30 (12.8) | 9 (4.9) |
| Other** | 33 (5.5) | 21 (11.9) | 12 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) |
*Significant differences per wave at the 0.05 level
**Significant differences per wave at the 0.001 level
aSummary Values are counts and percentages, unless noted otherwise