Table 9 Mechanism analysis.

From: Leaving messages as coproduction: impact of government COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions on citizens’ online participation in China

 

Number of messages to city party secretaries

Mechanism of inconvenience in daily life

Seeking help

0.126**

0.094*

(0.060)

0.051

Consulting

0.026

0.022

(0.016)

(0.015)

Expressing thanks

0.006**

0.006**

(0.003)

(0.003)

Mechanism of coproduction behaviors

Providing suggestions

0.087***

0.053***

(0.032)

(0.016)

Complaining

−0.028

−0.009

(0.038)

(0.033)

Local COVID-19 severity variables

N

Y

City-fixed effects

Y

Y

Date-fixed effects

Y

Y

Observations

118,218

118,218

Number of cities

323

323

  1. Each cell represents one separate regression using the corresponding subsample. Standard errors are clustered at the city level and are reported below the coefficients.
  2. ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1.