Table 6 The number (%) of each media as a source of rumors based on the demographic information of participants
National Media | Foreign Media | Social Media | Web | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | P-value | No | Yes | P-value | No | Yes | P-value | No | Yes | P-value | ||
Sex | M | 783 (62.8) | 463 (37.2) | 0.233 | 700 (56.2) | 546 (43.8) | 0.013 | 474 (38.0) | 772 (62.0) | 0.008a | 1042 (83.6) | 204 (16.4) | 0.062 |
F | 849 (65.1) | 455 (34.9) | 796 (61.0) | 508 (39.0) | 563 (43.2) | 741 (56.8) | 1125 (86.3) | 179 (13.7) | |||||
Age | < 30 | 451 (63.4) | 260 (36.6) | 0.554 | 429 (60.3) | 282 (39.7) | 0.419 | 328 (46.1) | 383 (53.9) | 0.001a | 578 (81.3) | 133 (18.7) | 0.005a |
30-50 | 976 (63.7) | 556 (36.3) | 895 (58.4) | 637 (41.6) | 601 (39.2) | 931 (60.8) | 1322 (86.3) | 210 (13.7) | |||||
> 50 | 205 (66.8) | 102 (33.2) | 172 (56.0) | 135 (44.0) | 108 (35.2) | 199 (64.8) | 267 (87.0) | 40 (13.0) | |||||
Education | Under Diploma | 124 (83.2) | 25 (16.8) | < 0.001a | 76 (51.0) | 73 (49.0) | < 0.001a | 57 (38.3) | 92 (61.7) | 0.667 | 119 (79.9) | 30 (20.1) | 0.186 |
Diploma | 217 (69.8) | 94 (30.2) | 187 (60.1) | 124 (39.9) | 126 (40.5) | 185 (59.5) | 272 (87.5) | 39 (12.5) | |||||
Associate’s degree | 134 (68.7) | 61 (31.3) | 106 (54.4) | 89 (45.6) | 72 (36.9) | 123 (63.1) | 160 (82.1) | 35 (17.9) | |||||
Bachelor’s degree | 547 (64.4) | 303 (35.6) | 470 (55.3) | 380 (44.7) | 359 (42.2) | 491 (57.8) | 722 (84.9) | 128 (15.1) | |||||
High educated | 610 (58.5) | 432 (41.5) | 656 (63.0) | 386 (37.0) | 422 (40.5) | 620 (59.5) | 892 (85.6) | 150 (14.4) | |||||
Employment | Governmental employment | 509 (67.0) | 251 (33.0) | < 0.001a | 420 (55.3) | 340 (44.7) | 0.009a | 289 (38.0) | 471 (62.0) | 0.246 | 657 (86.4) | 103 (13.6) | 0.040 |
Non-governmental employment | 211 (57.8) | 154 (42.2) | 233 (63.8) | 132 (36.2) | 153 (41.9) | 212 (58.1) | 309 (84.7) | 56 (15.3) | |||||
Freelancer | 170 (53.3) | 149 (46.7) | 209 (65.5) | 110 (34.5) | 129 (40.4) | 190 (59.6) | 280 (87.8) | 39 (12.2) | |||||
Student | 249 (65.2) | 133 (34.8) | 229 (59.9) | 153 (40.1) | 155 (40.6) | 227 (59.4) | 301 (78.8) | 81 (21.2) | |||||
Housewive | 224 (73.0) | 83 (27.0) | 169 (55.0) | 138 (45.0) | 128 (41.7) | 179 (58.3) | 263 (85.7) | 44 (14.3) | |||||
Retired | 89 (74.2) | 31 (25.8) | 59 (49.2) | 61 (50.8) | 41 (34.2) | 79 (65.8) | 106 (88.3) | 14 (11.7) | |||||
Unemployed | 95 (54.2) | 80 (45.7) | 103 (58.6) | 72 (44.1) | 85 (48.5) | 90 (51.5) | 148 (84.5) | 27 (15.4) | |||||
Daily-paid | 71 (68.9) | 32 (31.1) | 63 (61.2) | 40 (38.8) | 47 (45.6) | 56 (54.4) | 87 (84.5) | 16 (15.5) | |||||
Socioeconomic status | High | 340 (57.4) | 252 (42.6) | 0.001a | 368 (62.2) | 224 (37.8) | 0.071 | 252 (42.6) | 340 (57.4) | 0.009a | 505 (85.3) | 87 (14.7) | 0.729 |
Middle | 757 (66.8) | 376 (33.2) | 640 (56.5) | 493 (43.5) | 423 (37.3) | 710 (62.7) | 968 (85.4) | 165 (14.6) | |||||
Low | 528 (64.7) | 288 (35.3) | 483 (59.2) | 333 (40.8) | 357 (43.8) | 459 (56.3) | 687 (84.2) | 129 (15.8) | |||||