Table 6.

Correlation matrix

	Unemp net diff	Infl net diff	Growth net diff	Education	Financial situation	Occupation	Political ideology
Unemp net diff	1
Infl net diff	0.288***	1
Growth net diff	0.185***	0.389***	1
Education	− 0.0584***	− 0.111***	− 0.0663***	1
Financial situation	− 0.0645***	− 0.191***	− 0.0250***	0.188***	1
Occupation	0.0195**	0.0377***	0.0307***	− 0.236***	− 0.116***	1
Political ideology	0.0267***	0.0375***	0.0237**	− 0.00296	0.0529***	− 0.0416***	1
Ideol. distance	0.0328***	0.0503***	0.0378***	− 0.016***	− 0.067***	0.0320***	− 0.0359***
Trust statistics	− 0.0771***	− 0.0733***	0.00507	0.133***	0.176***	− 0.0553***	0.0292***
Discuss politics	− 0.0870***	− 0.0855***	− 0.0669***	0.180***	0.0854***	− 0.0751***	− 0.0281***
Econ important	0.0555***	0.149***	0.0486***	− 0.0750***	− 0.193***	0.00173	0.0234**
Econ optimism	− 0.0732***	− 0.0636***	− 0.0171*	0.0839***	0.189***	− 0.0179*	0.0280***
EB2015 dummy	0.180***	0.20***	0.134***	0.0386***	0.0363***	0.00962	− 0.00463
Female	0.102***	0.119***	0.0805***	− 0.0183*	− 0.0676***	0.0403***	− 0.0220**
Age	− 0.0754***	− 0.0977***	− 0.0655***	− 0.177***	0.0436***	0.276***	0.00615
Age-square	− 0.0725***	− 0.0912***	− 0.0593***	− 0.199***	0.0496***	0.361***	0.00883

	Trust statistics	Discuss politics	Econ important	Econ optimism	EB2015 dummy	Female	Age
Unemp net diff
Infl net diff
Growth net diff
Education
Financial situation
Occupation
Political ideology
Trust statistics	1
Discuss politics	0.0465***	1
Econ important	− 0.0542***	− 0.0450***	1
Econ optimism	0.181***	0.0175*	− 0.0624***	1
EB2015 dummy	− 0.0372***	0.0542***	0.131***	0.0232**	1
Female	− 0.0321***	− 0.106***	0.00396	− 0.0281***	0.0388***	1
Age	− 0.0476***	0.0683***	− 0.0620***	− 0.0364***	0.0760***	− 0.0248***	1
Age-square	− 0.0432***	0.0513***	− 0.0645***	− 0.0315***	0.0747***	− 0.0287***	0.983***

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001