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. 2022 Dec 22;32(4):470–488. doi: 10.1177/09636625221138494

Table 3.

Multinomial logistic regression with latent classes as the outcome variable and trust in informational sources as input variables.

Supporters Socials Hesitant Sceptics Wald R²
B SE B SE B SE B SE
Experts & Government
 Medical experts −0.22 0.14 −1.02 0.14 −1.06 0.14 −1.27 0.14 115.67 0.19
 GP −0.56 0.17 −1.41 0.16 −1.34 0.16 −1.39 0.17 101.28 0.17
 Scientists −0.23 0.12 −0.91 0.12 −0.98 0.12 −0.97 0.12 115.42 0.16
 Government officials −0.15 0.07 −0.41 0.07 −0.45 0.08 −0.92 0.10 101.99 0.11
 Prime Minister −0.21 0.07 −0.43 0.07 −0.42 0.07 −0.75 0.09 85.21 0.09
Media
 International newspapers (The Guardian, The New York Times) 0.05 0.08 −0.32 0.08 −0.36 0.08 −0.79 0.10 88.91 0.09
 Radio −0.04 0.08 −0.40 0.08 −0.49 0.09 −0.67 0.10 74.84 0.07
 Daily newspapers 0.04 0.08 −0.33 0.08 −0.37 0.09 −0.60 0.11 64.19 0.07
 Online news 0.01 0.08 −0.31 0.08 −0.40 0.09 −0.50 0.10 56.29 0.05
 TV news −0.13 0.08 −0.35 0.08 −0.36 0.08 −0.62 0.10 52·39 0.05
Family and Social Media
 Family and friends −0.06 0.09 −0.46 0.08 −0.08 0.10 −0.23 0.11 35.81 0.04
 Facebook 0.28 0.07 0.24 0.07 0.34 0.08 0.01 0.09 30.56 0.03
 Twitter 0.30 0.07 0.26 0.08 0.26 0.08 −0.12 0.10 32.04 0.03
 YouTube 0.21 0.07 0.13 0.07 0.11 0.08 −0.12 0.09 17.12 0.02

N = 1054. Reference category is the first segment of vaccine enthusiasts. B is multinomial logistic regression coefficient and SE is robust standard error associated with the models. R2 is the variance explained in the five segments by each trust variable. Trust was measured on a 5-point scale from strongly distrust (1) to strongly trust (5) and don’t know (3) as the midpoint. A different recording of trust variables by assign missing to don’t know does not change the above results. All differences in trust variables between the five segments were significant at p < .001.