The role of collectivism, liberty, COVID fatigue, and fatalism in public support for the zero-COVID policy and relaxing restrictions in China

Table 3 Independent-samples t tests comparing participants’ values and attitudes toward covid policies

	June 10–13 survey (N = 460)	Dec. 2 survey (N = 450)	t value	df	p value	Lower of 95% CI	Upper of 95% CI of
Fatigue	2.84	3.15	-3.46	883.6	0.001	-0.49	-0.13
	1.25	1.45
Fatalism	4.50	4.32	1.92	904.2	0.055	0.00	0.38
	1.43	1.49
Liberty	3.59	3.87	-3.12	908.0	0.002	-0.46	-0.11
	1.37	1.37
Collectivism	5.87	5.85	0.34	908.0	0.736	-0.12	0.09
	0.82	0.78
Health consequences of zero-COVID	6.07	5.85	3.75	835.2	0.000	0.10	0.33
	0.74	0.98
Health consequences of relaxing restrictions	2.26	3.11	-8.92	866.3	0.000	-1.04	-0.67
	1.29	1.58
Perceived norms for supporting zero-COVID	6.14	5.59	7.60	835.6	0.000	0.40	0.69
	0.92	1.22
Perceived norms for relaxing restrictions	2.32	3.76	-13.04	867.8	0.000	-1.65	-1.22
	1.49	1.81
Hope in response to zero-COVID)	5.90	5.51	5.34	834.7	0.000	0.25	0.53
	0.93	1.24
Hope in response to relaxing restrictions	2.69	4.00	-11.82	894.1	0.000	-1.54	-1.10
	1.59	1.76
Support for zero-COVID	5.96	5.47	6.33	846.9	0.000	0.34	0.64
	1.02	1.31
Support for relaxing restrictions	2.39	3.74	-11.60	869.7	0.000	-1.57	-1.12
	1.58	1.91

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