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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Misinformation about COVID-19: evidence for differential latent profiles and a strong association with trust in science

 

Total Sample (n=660)

n (%)/mean (SD)

Sex

 Male

408 (61.82)

 Female

246 (37.27)

 Non-Binary/Transgender

6 (0.90)

Race/ethnicity

 White

399 (60.45)

 Black

68 (10.30)

 Hispanic

121 (18.33)

 Asian

57 (8.64)

 Others

15 (2.27)

Age

24.80 (11.94)

Education Levela

 Less than High School

1 (0.15)

 High School or GED

109 (16.54)

 Associate Degree

72 (10.93)

 Bachelor

335 (50.83)

 Master

122 (18.51)

 Doctoral /Professional

20 (3.03)

Political orientation

4.81 (3.13)

Religious commitment

4.82 (3.78)

Trust in science

3.65 (0.71)

Believability of COVID-19 Narratives

 5G Narrative

1.94 (1.72)

 Zoonotic Narrative

5.56 (1.64)

 Gates Vaccine Narrative

2.27 (1.88)

 Laboratory Narrative

3.28 (2.00)

 Liberty Restriction Narrative

2.96 (2.04)

  1. GED General Education Development Test or General Education Diploma, SD Standard deviation
  2. a Education level was treated as a continuous variable in later analyses