Table 6.

Results of the cumulative link mixed model comparing funniness of coronavirus memes with non-coronavirus memes and sample of images (not a meme). The threshold coefficients show the transition chances in the questionnaire score point to the next. The model included effects of age, sex, and interaction between age and sex. Random factors were questionnaire identity and participants identity (nested in questionnaire identity). Odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (LL–lower confidence intervals, UL–upper confidence intervals) and Wald z–test (with effective degrees of freedom). Model explained 17% variation in data (McFadden pseudo-R²).

Variable	OR	LL	UL	z(11)	P
Threshold coefficients:
1|2	0.255	0.172	0.378	−6.762	<0.001
2|3	1.066	0.720	1.579	0.320	0.749
3|4	3.965	2.668	5.891	6.818	<0.001
4|5	18.743	12.374	28.391	13.833	<0.001
Fixed effects:
Meme = Non coronavirus	0.445	0.384	0.516	−10.738	<0.001
Meme = Not meme	0.021	0.016	0.026	−33.059	<0.001
Age	0.631	0.442	0.899	−2.550	0.011
Gender = Man	1.015	0.631	1.633	0.060	0.952
Age × Gender = Man	1.634	1.010	2.644	2.001	0.045