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. 2022 Jul 15;22:1348. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13731-7

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and bivariate association between potential predictors and willingness to participate in contact tracing [N = 1000] (Categorical variables)

Characteristic Frequency (%) Mann Whitney U/ Kruskal Wallis testsb
Median (IQR)a U/H-Statistics dfc z p-value
Demographics
Gender 206,062 1 −1.478 0.139
 Males 48.0% 4.3 (6.0–3.0)
 Female 52.0% 4.7 (6.0–3.7)
Race/Ethnicity 95,173 1 2.797 0.005
 White 83.7% 4.3 (6.0–3.0)
 Black 16.3% 5.0 (6.0–4.0)
Education 9.26 2 0.010
 College graduate or higher 30.0% 5.0 (6.0–3.7)
 Some college 29.7% 4.7 (6.0–3.3)
 High school graduate or less 40.3% 4.0 (6.0–3.0)
Information seeking
Thinking about what is said in the news, in your view is the seriousness of coronavirus….? 237.01 2 <.0001
 Generally, correct 43.8% 5.0 (6.3–4.0)
 Generally exaggerated 34.4% 3.0 (4.3–1.0)
 Generally underestimated 21.8% 5.3 (6.7–4.0)
Thinking about some of the ways you get information about the coronavirus outbreak, would you say that you get information from each of the following sources… [Range 1 = Never; 4 = Regularly]
Health care providers 11.1591 2 0.004
 Never, or rarely 61.7% 4.3 (6.0–3.0)
 Occasionally 27.8% 5.0 (6.0–4.0)
 Regularly 10.5% 5.0 (6.0–3.0)
Social media 5.9814 2 0.050
 Never, or rarely 47.9% 4.3 (6.0–3.3)
 Occasionally 32.0% 4.3 (6.0–3.0)
 Regularly 20.1% 5.0 (6.3–4.0)
Health insurance provider 11.1662 2 0.004
 Never, or rarely 71.4% 4.3 (6.0–3.7)
 Occasionally 21.5% 5.0 (6.0–3.7)
 Regularly 7.0% 5.3 (6.3–4.0)
Regardless of how often you get information from these sources, how much do you trust information provided about the coronavirus outbreak by each of the following? [Range 1 = Not at all, 7 = a great deal]
Healthcare providers? 92.4959 2 <.0001
 Not at all, or only a little 18.8% 4.0 (4.7–2.0)
 A moderate amount 23.1% 4.0 (6.0–3.3)
 Quite a bit or a great deal 58.1% 5.3 (6.3–3.7)
Family and Friends 13.3238 2 0.0013
 Not at all, or only a little 28.7% 4.0 (5.3–3.0)
 A moderate amount 41.1% 5.0 (6.0–3.7)
 Quite a bit or a great deal 30.2% 4.7 (6.3–3.3)
Insurance providers 89.8981 2 <.0001
 Not at all, or only a little 36.0% 4.0 (5.3–2.0)
 A moderate amount 34.8% 4.7 (6.0–3.3)
 Quite a bit or a great deal 29.2% 5.7 (6.7–4.3)
Trust/ Mistrust
I think the federal government has an agenda that’s causing them not to give the whole story to the public. [Range 1 = Not true at all, 7 = Very true] 46.20 2 <.0001
 Not true at all, somewhat untrue or untrue 19.9% 4.0 (5.7–2.0)
 Neutral 19.3% 4.0 (5.3–3.7)
 Somewhat True, true, or very true 60.8% 5.0 (6.3–3.7)

I think the Governor’s office has an agenda that’s causing them not to give the whole story to the public.

.... [Range 1 = Not true at all, 7 = Very true]

206.42 2 <.0001
 Not true at all, somewhat untrue or untrue 39.5% 6.0 (6.7–4.7)
 Neutral 14.2% 4.0 (5.3–3.7)
 Somewhat True, true, or very true 46.3% 4.0 (5.0–2.0)
Fears/ Concerns
I worry that private information about my health could be used against me 71.33 2 <.0001
 Not true at all, somewhat untrue or untrue 29.5% 5.7 (6.7–4.0)
 Neutral 25.0% 4.3 (5.7–4.0)
 Somewhat True, true, or very true 45.5% 4.0 (5.7–2.7)
I am worried that misinformation about COVID 19 is making people less safe? [Range 1 = Not true at all, 7 = Very true] 75.77 2 <.0001
 Not true at all, somewhat untrue or untrue 13.5% 3.3 (5.0–1.0)
 Neutral 12.2% 4.0 (4.3–3.3)
 Somewhat True, true, or very true 74.3% 5.0 (6.3–3.7)
How much of a threat is the coronavirus outbreak to your personal health? 141.87 2 <.0001
 No threat/Don’t know 25.2% 3.3 (4.7–1.3)
 Minor threat 44.0% 4.7 (6.0–3.7)
 Major threat 30.8% 6.0 (6.7–4.3)
Political Ideology
Do you think of yourself as a….? 173.28 2 <.0001
 Moderate or Other 41.1% 4.6 (6.0–3.7)
 Conservative 28.7% 3.7 (4.7–1.7)
 Liberal 30.2% 6.0 (6.7–4.3)

aIQR means interquartile range. bMann Whitney U also called Wilcoxon rank sum test was used for categorical variables with two levels while Kruskal Wallis test was used for categorical variables with more than two levels. df means degrees of freedom