Table 4.

Trust & Covid-19 preventive measures.

	Stay home if any symptoms	Stay home if any symptoms	Stay home if no symptoms	Stay home if no symptoms	Stay home if govt. mandates	Stay home if govt. mandates
Regression#	[1]	[2]	[3]	[4]	[5]	[6]
Panel A: Effect of Trust in 2020 on Preventive Behavior
Trust in 2020	0.011***	0.007**	0.013***	0.009*	0.005	0.000
	(0.003)	(0.003)	(0.004)	(0.005)	(0.004)	(0.005)
Controls	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Observations	2240	2240	2239	2239	1936	1936
R-squared	0.007	0.042	0.004	0.030	0.001	0.040
Panel B: Effect of Trust in 2019 on Preventive Behavior
Trust in 2019	0.011***	0.007**	0.014***	0.009*	0.007*	0.004
	(0.003)	(0.003)	(0.004)	(0.005)	(0.004)	(0.004)
Controls	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Observations	2244	2244	2243	2243	1942	1942
R-squared	0.006	0.043	0.005	0.034	0.002	0.043
Panel C: Effect of Trust in 2015 on Preventive Behavior
Trust in 2015	0.012***	0.008**	0.014***	0.012**	0.002	0.001
	(0.004)	(0.004)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.005)
Controls	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Observations	1731	1731	1731	1731	1504	1504
R-squared	0.008	0.034	0.005	0.034	0.000	0.049
Panel D: Effect of Trust in 2010 on Preventive Behavior
Trust in 2010	0.013***	0.010**	0.018***	0.016***	0.006	0.002
	(0.004)	(0.004)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.006)
Controls	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Observations	1206	1206	1206	1206	1064	1064
R-squared	0.009	0.041	0.007	0.046	0.001	0.062

Robust standard errors clustered around individual IDs are in parentheses. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.10.