Table 2 Independent variables
From: What drives people to believe in Zika conspiracy theories?
Conspiracy thinking | 1000 | .59 | 0 | 1 | .20 |
Partisanship (Democrat–Republican) | 968 | 3.64 | 1 | 7 | 2.12 |
Education (low–high) | 1000 | 3.21 | 1 | 6 | 1.53 |
Planning on having a child (0 = no, 1 = yes) | 777 | .25 | 0 | 1 | .25 |
Female (0 = no, 1 = yes) | 1000 | .52 | 0 | 1 | .50 |
Birth year (older–younger) | 1000 | 1968.57 | 1926.00 | 1998.00 | 17.84 |
Importance of religion (low–high) | 1000 | 2.77 | 1 | 4 | 1.16 |
Health insurance (0 = has, 1 = does not have) | 1000 | .11 | 0 | 1 | .31 |
Number of Zika cases in state (low–high) | 998 | 268.05 | 3 | 1083 | 350.17 |
Google Trends on “zika” in state (low–high) | 998 | 52.62 | 25 | 100 | 19.87 |
Mistrust in government (low–high) | 1000 | 3.36 | 1 | 5 | 1.10 |
