Table 2.

Correlations among main variables and principal components analysis (PCA) statistics.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Liberal Political Views	–	−.173**	.221**	.206**	.324**	−.082*	.070	.208*	.225**
2. Health Literacy	−.067	–	.063	−.554**	.038	−.393**	.115**	−.483**	.182**
3. Accurate Beliefs	.141**	.318**	–	.154**	.566**	−.067	.326**	.054	.311**
4. Inaccurate Beliefs	−.025	−.519**	−.241**	–	.100*	.651**	−.018	.652**	−.025
5. Concern for Society	.317**	.151**	.567**	−.194**	–	−.224**	.449**	.040	.439**
6. Govt Control Attitudes	−.325**	−.283**	−.388**	.550**	−.556**	–	−.097*	.533**	−.275**
7. Protective Behaviors	.113**	.152**	.335**	−.138**	.461**	−.265**	–	−.116**	.282**
8. Risk Behaviors	−.019	−.319**	−.250**	.422**	−.312**	.4118**	−.312**	–	−.102*
9. Vaccine Intentions	.225**	.234**	.329**	−.310**	.410**	−.430**	.250**	−.284**	–
2020 Sample M	4.327	4.320	3.833	1.826	3.964	2.352	3.876	1.489	4.043
2020 Sample SD	1.624	0.770	0.856	0.817	0.943	0.812	0.840	0.546	1.210
2021 Sample M	4.638	4.011	3.863	2.425	4.162	2.633	3.986	1.875	4.178
2021 Sample SD	1.702	0.880	0.869	1.141	0.907	0.926	0.832	0.932	1.197
PCA KMO		.686	.671	.879	.732	.819	.804	.820
PCA Factor loadings		.755–.801	.615–.826	.584–.839	.671–.880	.745–.874	.495–.805	.478–.834
PCA Eigenvalue		2.479	2.284	3.503	3.094	3.327	2.949	3.323
PCA % variance		61.964	57.093	58.831	61.872	66.544	49.148	55.386
α/r		.793	.734	.853	.815	.873	.768	.812	.642

Note: Correlations above the diagonal = 2020 sample; below the diagonal = 2021 sample. For liberal political views, scale ranges from 1(extremely conservative) to 7 (extremely liberal); for other variables, scores range from 1 to 5. KMO=Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy. For the 2020 analyses of protective behavior, N = 668.