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Table 12 Trust in information sources

From: Relation of corona-specific health literacy to use of and trust in information sources during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

% Inhabitants of German-speaking Switzerland

   

Information sources a

Spring 2020

Fall 2020

Winter 2020

p-value

++

+

++

+

++

+

 

Health professionals

41%

46%

9%

4%

40%

47%

10%

3%

42%

48%

7%

3%

0.311

Health authorities

41%

41%

12%

6%

42%

40%

12%

6%

47%

39%

10%

4%

0.049

Info-Hotline

34%

47%

12%

7%

37%

45%

14%

4%

44%

41%

10%

5%

< 0.001

Radio

17%

61%

17%

5%

15%

59%

22%

5%

13%

58%

23%

6%

0.018

Internet

16%

55%

24%

5%

17%

55%

24%

4%

16%

58%

21%

5%

0. 409

Television

13%

55%

25%

7%

14%

59%

22%

5%

18%

61%

16%

5%

< 0.001

Newspaper - Offline

13%

54%

27%

7%

10%

58%

27%

6%

8%

53%

30%

9%

0.001

News App

8%

50%

31%

11%

8%

46%

38%

8%

6%

43%

40%

11%

< 0.001

Family, friends, acquaintances

9%

44%

39%

8%

10%

47%

37%

6%

9%

49%

36%

6%

0.216

Social media

4%

10%

56%

30%

4%

15%

49%

32%

4%

20%

42%

34%

0.005

  1. a. Not all sources of information asked are reported in the table
  2. ++ = very trustworthy; + rather trustworthy; − = rather untrustworthy; −- = very untrustworthy