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. 2022 Mar 29;18(1):2008214. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.2008214

Table 2.

Substantive latent class membership by demographics and political orientation

    Strong support Support w/concerns Hesitant Anti-vax
USA          
Education No degree 26.2% 27.0% 28.3% 8.0%
  University degree 50.6% 25.0% 12.8% 4.0%
Age 18–24 38.0% 21.4% 20.5% 8.8%
  25–49 27.1% 24.1% 30.3% 8.4%
  50–64 32.2% 30.2% 22.3% 5.3%
  65 and over 47.1% 28.8% 13.1% 4.0%
Ideology Very conservative 15.8% 20.6% 28.9% 17.9%
  Conservative 20.9% 34.1% 29.2% 7.5%
  Moderate 32.1% 27.6% 24.4% 5.2%
  Liberal 55.9% 21.5% 13.8% 2.7%
  Very liberal 66.9% 9.0% 9.8% 7.6%
Party Republican 21.8% 31.2% 28.3% 9.6%
  Independent 19.3% 27.0% 31.9% 10.3%
  Democratic 51.5% 21.8% 14.8% 2.8%
Race/Ethnicity White 39.9% 26.5% 19.9% 6.4%
  Black 13.2% 24.8% 37.9% 10.0%
  Hispanic 28.5% 29.5% 24.5% 5.0%
  Asian 31.2% 22.7% 18.9% 7.3%
  Other 16.8% 22.8% 43.8% 8.5%
UK          
Education No degree 37.0% 35.1% 12.6% 3.2%
  University degree 61.6% 22.8% 6.3% 2.9%
Age 18–24 48.2% 29.0% 15.3% 2.1%
  25–49 38.4% 31.4% 14.9% 3.7%
  50–64 43.8% 33.3% 9.4% 2.2%
  65 and over 56.3% 28.8% 2.2% 3.4%
Ideology Right (5) 37.8% 29.3% 11.2% 4.4%
  4 50.0% 31.5% 8.1% 3.5%
  3 37.9% 35.3% 12.3% 3.1%
  2 61.6% 24.2% 6.3% 1.9%
  Left (1) 55.5% 21.8% 9.6% 2.3%
Party Conservative 48.3% 31.9% 5.6% 2.1%
  Labour 51.6% 28.5% 8.7% 2.1%
  None 29.4% 35.3% 18.6% 4.8%
  Liberal Democrat 57.8% 27.8% 5.9% 1.6%
  Green 63.5% 18.0% 7.5% 4.5%
  Scottish National Party 46.3% 35.1% 9.4% 4.0%
  Brexit/UKIP 21.1% 35.5% 20.1% 4.9%
  Other party/No party 33.3% 34.0% 17.1% 4.8%
Canada          
Education No degree 36.8% 29.5% 17.4% 7.3%
  University degree 52.1% 24.3% 10.2% 4.6%
Age 18–24 42.6% 29.2% 15.0% 5.2%
  25–49 34.2% 27.4% 19.8% 8.4%
  50–64 40.1% 30.4% 14.9% 6.3%
  65 and over 55.8% 25.5% 7.3% 3.8%
Ideology Right (5) 20.6% 22.5% 25.8% 15.0%
  4 38.5% 26.0% 21.0% 8.2%
  3 35.9% 31.8% 16.0% 6.3%
  2 62.3% 23.3% 6.8% 2.9%
  Left (1) 61.5% 19.0% 8.7% 3.2%
Party Liberal 53.8% 23.2% 8.3% 2.7%
  Conservative 34.9% 32.6% 19.4% 7.4%
  New Democratic Party 56.3% 22.7% 9.9% 3.5%
  Green 50.3% 26.7% 10.8% 6.2%
  Bloc Québécois 44.2% 31.2% 13.4% 2.9%
  Other party/No party 26.7% 30.4% 21.9% 11.0%

Percentages should be read horizontally, which indicate the percentage of each demographic group in each of the four substantive classes. Totals add to less than a 100% because the measurement error class is not presented.