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Table 4 Predictors of passive information consumption for popular channels and sources (n = 1,057)

From: Public knowledge and preventive behavior during a large-scale Salmonella outbreak: results from an online survey in the Netherlands

 

TV

Radio

Paper

Nu.nl

Newspaper website

Twitter

Facebook/Hyves

R2

.17

.22

.30

.11

.08

.09

.09

 

Beta

Beta

Beta

Beta

Beta

Beta

Beta

Perceived severity Salmonella

  

.06

    

Perceived severity Salmonella outbreak

.11**

.09**

.08*

  

.07

 

Carefulness with salmon preparation

  

.06

.09**

   

Carefulness with general food preparation

    

.15***

.06

.13***

Interest in health information

.25***

.17***

.16***

.15***

.22***

 

.06

Perceived health

.10**

.10**

.06

.10*

.07*

  

Knowledge about Salmonella

     

-.08*

 

Time spent with/on medium

.24***

.40***

.45***

.11***

.09**

.25***

.17*** (Facebook) .11** (Hyves)

Age

-.06

  

-.25***

-.08*

-.10**

-.11**

Education

-.08*

     

-.07

Children

 

.06

 

.07*

   

Sex

-.15***

-.10**

-.05

-.07

-.11**

 

-.06

Income

.07*

 

.06*

    
  1. Note: ‘Children’ assessed as 0 = no, 1 = yes; ‘Sex’ assessed as 0 = male, 1 = female; ‘Time spent on Twitter as 0 = no, 1 = yes.
  2. *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001.