Table 2.
Demographic Description of the 4 National Samples a
| Country | N | Male (%) | Age (SD) | Know COVID Patient (%) | Smoker100 (%) | College (%) | Conservatives (%) | Religious (%) | White (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRA | 1000 | 49 | 36.2 (12.7) | 54 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| FRA | 1000 | 49 | 47.8 (17.1) | 21 | 56 | 41.1 | 30.5 | — | — |
| JPN | 1000 | 54 | 49.5 (15.6) | 3 | 44 | — | — | — | — |
| USA | 1000 | 46 | 48.8 (17.4) | 25 | 46 | 45.4 | 36.3 | 64.2 | 69.8 |
YouGov offers different default demographic packages in all 4 countries. Hence, the recorded demographic characteristics of the samples differ among the surveyed countries. N, number of participants; male, percentage of males; age, mean age in years, with standard deviations in parentheses; know COVID patient, percentage of participants who reported to have known a COVID patient at the time of responding; smoker100, percentage of participants who smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their entire life; college, percentage of participants graduating from college; conservatives, percentage of participants reported being conservative; religious, percentage of participants reported to be religious; White, percentage of participants who reported to be White.