Table 1

Summary statistics

Variable	Mean	SD	Minimum	Maximum
COVID-19 positive test	0.0351	0.1840	0	1
Right-wing media bias exposure	20.2791	28.8106	0	306.02
Left-wing media bias exposure	31.2005	35.5272	0	230.21
Awareness of COVID-19 symptoms	0.1217	0.3270	0	1
Daily Facebook user	0.4636	0.4987	0	1
Daily Twitter user	0.0892	0.2851	0	1
Daily Reddit user	0.0400	0.1959	0	1
Regular media user	0.6024	0.4894	0	1
Trust the media	0.2024	0.4018	0	1
Vote Biden	0.4555	0.4980	0	1
Male	0.4554	0.4980	0	1
Hispanic	0.0920	0.2891	0	1
Non-Hispanic black	0.0875	0.2856	0	1
Non-Hispanic others	0.0879	0.2831	0	1
Non-Hispanic white (reference category)	0.7237	0.4472	0	1
Income below $25 000	0.1876	0.3904	0	1
Income $25 000–44 000	0.1410	0.3481	0	1
Income $45 000–69 000	0.1564	0.3633	0	1
Income $70 000–99 000	0.1500	0.3571	0	1
Income $100 000 and over (reference category)	0.3010	0.4587	0	1
High school dropout	0.0455	0.2083	0	1
Age 18–24	0.0493	0.2164	0	1
Age 25–34	0.1501	0.3572	0	1
Age 35–44	0.1660	0.3721	0	1
Age 45–54	0.1463	0.3534	0	1
Age 55–64	0.1775	0.3821	0	1
Age 65 and over (reference category)	0.2712	0.4446	0	1
Married	0.5225	0.4995	0	1
Children 1 or 2	0.2408	0.4276	0	1
Children 3 or more	0.0737	0.2613	0	1

The final sample used in this study consists of 8182 respondents. Data used in this study are unweighted. With the exception of left-wing and right-wing media bias exposure variables, all other variables are binary.