Table 1 Estimates of internal consistency of combined variables assessing willingness to participate in contact tracing, and information seeking behavior (N = 1000)
Questions | Median (IQR)a | Overall Cronbach’s alpha (95% CI)b | |
|---|---|---|---|
Willingness to participate in contact tracing | Comfort with and willingness to participate in contact tracing (Range: 1 = Not true at all; 7 = Very true) | 5 (7–3.7) | 0.87 (0.85, 0.88) |
For you, how true are the following statements (Range: 1 = Not true at all; 7 = Very true) | |||
I would feel comfortable reporting people I have been in contact with to the local or state health department if I had symptoms of the coronavirus | 6 (7–4) | ||
I would be comfortable using a computer or phone app that shares my symptom information with my local or state health department | 5 (6–3) | ||
I am willing to give my local or state health department personal information to help limit the spread of the coronavirus | 5 (6–4) | ||
Information seeking | Thinking about some of the ways you get information about the coronavirus outbreak, would you say that you get information from each of the following sources? | ||
Get information from public health institutions (Range: 1 = Never; 4 = Regularly) | 2 (2.3–1.3) | 0.68 (0.65, 0.72) | |
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) | 2 (3–1) | ||
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services | 2 (3–1) | ||
County Health Department | 1 (2–1) | ||
Information seeking | Get information from national left leaning media sourcesc (Range: 1 = Never; 4 = Regularly) | 1 (1.5–1) | 0.78 (0.76, 0.80) |
CBS News | 1 (2–1) | ||
MSNBC | 1 (2–1) | ||
ABC News | 1 (2–1) | ||
New York Times | 1 (2–1) | ||
The Daily Show or Colbert Report | 1 (2–1) | ||
The Washington Post | 1 (2–1) | ||
Information seeking | Get information from national right leaning media sourcesc (Range: 1 = Never; 4 = Regularly) | 1 (1.3–1) | 0.61 (0.56, 0.65) |
Fox News | 1 (2–1) | ||
Rush Limbaugh Show | 1 (1–1) | ||
Information seeking | Get information from local media sourcesc (Range: 1 = Never; 4 = Regularly) | 1 (1.5–1) | 0.75 (0.72, 0.77) |
Detroit Free Press | 1 (2–1) | ||
Detroit News | 1 (1–1) | ||
MLive | 1 (1–2) | ||
Lansing State Journal | 1 (1–1) | ||
Information seeking | Regardless of how often you get information from these sources, how much do you trust information provided about the coronavirus outbreak by each of the following? | ||
Trust information from public health institutionsc (Range: 1 = Not at all; 5 = A great deal) | 3.7 (4.3–2.7) | 0.85 (0.84, 0.87) | |
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) | 4 (5–3) | ||
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services | 4 (5–3) | ||
County Health Department | 3 (4–2) | ||
Information seeking | Trust information from national left-centralist media sourcesc (Range: 1 = Not at all; 5 = A great deal) | 2.5 (3.5–1.3) | 0.93 (0.92, 0.94) |
CBS News | 3 (4–1) | ||
MSNBC | 2 (4–1) | ||
ABC News | 3 (4–1) | ||
New York Times | 3 (4–1) | ||
The Daily Show or Colbert Report | 2 (3–1) | ||
The Washington Post | 2 (4–1) | ||
Information seeking | Trust information from national right leaning media sourcesc (Range: 1 = Not at all; 5 = A great deal) | 1.5 (3–1) | 0.77 (0.74, 0.80) |
Fox News | 2 (3–1) | ||
Rush Limbaugh Show | 1 (2–1) | ||
Information seeking | Trust information from local media sourcesc (Range: 1 = Not at all; 5 = A great deal) | 2.3 (3–1.3) | 0.91 (0.90, 0.92) |
Detroit Free Press | 2.5 (3–1) | ||
Detroit News | 2 (3–1) | ||
MLive | 2 (3–1) | ||
Lansing State Journal | 2 (3–1) | ||
Information seeking | Median number of information sources per respondent | 8 (11–5) | |
Trust/ Mistrust | General trust in health system (Range: 1 = Not true at all; 7 = Very true) | 5.3 (6–4.3) | 0.87 (0.85, 0.88) |
For you, how true are the following statements? | |||
All things considered, health care providers in this country can be trusted | 5 (6–4) | ||
The organization where I typically get health care can be trusted to use my information responsibly | 5 (6–4) | ||
The organization where I typically get health care protects my privacy | 6 (6–4) |