Table 14.
The basic descriptive statistics for the Misperceptions about COVID-19 Scale across countries with more than 200 participants.
| Country | N Scale | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | 1794 | 3.03 | 1.21 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Japan | 2016 | 2.51 | 1.09 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Finland | 887 | 1.85 | 1.07 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Switzerland | 527 | 1.76 | 0.91 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Spain | 485 | 1.79 | 0.97 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Colombia | 446 | 1.87 | 1.08 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| Portugal | 387 | 1.71 | 0.85 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| Brazil | 392 | 1.41 | 0.68 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Honduras | 307 | 2.60 | 1.18 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Ireland | 310 | 1.70 | 0.90 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| Norway | 328 | 1.79 | 0.89 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Czech Republic | 298 | 2.16 | 1.17 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Slovakia | 269 | 2.25 | 1.18 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Italy | 271 | 2.11 | 1.20 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| Bulgaria | 262 | 3.25 | 1.53 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Ecuador | 210 | 2.28 | 1.20 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Uruguay | 218 | 2.17 | 1.16 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Guatemala | 223 | 2.16 | 1.16 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Costa Rica | 218 | 2.06 | 1.12 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 191 | 3.20 | 1.31 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Ukraine | 217 | 1.83 | 0.97 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Estonia | 206 | 1.85 | 0.90 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Malaysia | 168 | 1.98 | 1.05 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| Taiwan | 198 | 2.24 | 1.00 | 1.0 | 5.7 |
| Turkey | 146 | 2.27 | 1.02 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
Abbreviations: N Scale = number of participants who answered questions on the scale. Mean = scale mean. SD = scale standard deviation. Min = minimum value of the mean scale score for the sample. Max = maximum value of the average scale score for the sample.