A cross-sectional international study shows confidence in public health scientists predicts use of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions

Table 5 Regressions predicting social distancing (social_dist)

Variable	USA		Japan		HK
Variable	B	P	B	P	B	p
trust_govt	-0.07	0.394	-0.21	0.012*	-0.34	0.000***
confidence_phs	0.51	0.000***	0.20	0.023*	0.26	0.006**
partic_civic	0.07	0.285	0.04	0.603	-0.15	0.066
voted	0.58	0.000***	0.67	0.000***	0.15	0.329
voteP	0.20	0.390	0.41	0.079	-0.29	0.303
govt_empl	-0.80	0.000***	-0.41	0.026*	-0.41	0.024*
Income	0.05	0.123	-0.01	0.803	0.04	0.259
Educ	-0.06	0.351	0.07	0.304	0.03	0.695
Age	0.34	0.000***	0.08	0.063	0.16	0.010*
Town	-0.03	0.858	-0.10	0.528	-0.18	0.374
Rural	0.44	0.018*	-0.29	0.045*	0.08	0.789
Female	0.52	0.000***	0.66	0.000***	0.41	0.004**
gender prefer not to say	-0.34	0.304	0.65	0.345	-1.34	0.263
Conservative	-0.08	0.158	0.15	0.053	-0.01	0.861

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