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Table 6 Linear Regression for the Outcomes Negative Attitudes, Blame and Social Distance, introducing vignette characteristics, unstandardized Beta Coefficients and 95% Confidence Intervals

From: Changing attitudes towards obesity – results from a survey experiment

 

Outcome blame

 

Inaccuracy

Emphasis

 

b

CI

b

CI

Age

−0.002

−0.007;-0.003

−.000

−0.006; 0.004

Gender (ref Male)

−0.281***

−.0424; −0.138

−0.296***

−0.439; −0.154

Education

 No or below HS (ref.)

 HS/some college

−0.095

−0.463; 0.272

−0.099

−0.468; 0.271

 College or higher

−0.094

−0.460; 0.272

−0.114

−0.483; 0.254

Cause

 Genetic (ref.)

 Social environmental

0.015

−0.418; 0.448

−0.205

−0.943; 0.534

 Individual behavior

0.778**

0.338; 1.328

0.980**

0.237; 1.732

Vignette characteristics

 Inaccuracy

0.120

−0.015; 0.256

  

 Overemphasis

--

--

0.092

−0.054; 0.238

Interaction Vignette characteristics

* Social environmental

0.006

−0.174; 0.185

0.676

−0.138; 0.273

* Individual behavior

−0.294**

−0.490; −0.103

−0.250*

−0.469; −0.031

Constant

2.495

 

2.412

 

 R2

0.068

 

0.616

 

 N

397

 

395

 
  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001