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Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
Research

Dynamic Public Perceptions of the Coronavirus Disease Crisis, the Netherlands, 2020

Marion de Vries, Liesbeth Claassen, Margreet J.M. te Wierik, Susan van den Hof, Anne E.M. Brabers, Judith D. de Jong, Danielle R.M. Timmermans1, and Aura Timen1
Author affiliations: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands (M. de Vries, L. Claassen, M.J.M. te Wierik, S. van den Hof, A. Timen); Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands (A.E.M. Brabers, J.D. de Jong); Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands (J.D. de Jong); Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (D.R.M. Timmermans); Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam (A. Timen)

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Table 5

Differences in trust in authorities based on sex, age, region of residence, health condition, and healthcare employment determined in assessment of dynamic public perceptions of the coronavirus disease crisis, the Netherlands, 2020*

Independent variable Trust RIVM information, β (95% CI) Trust government measures, β (95% CI)
Female vs. male
 0.1 (0 to 0.1)
 0.1 (0 to 0.2)
Age, y
>70 vs. <50 0.3 (0.2 to 0.4) 0.3 (0.2 to 0.4)
50–69 vs. <50
0.1 (0 to 0.2)
 0.1 (0 to 0.2)
Region
Southern vs. northern 0 (−0.1 to 0.1) 0.1 (0 to 0.1)
Western vs. northern 0.1 (0 to 0.1) 0 (0 to 0.1)
Eastern vs. northern
 0.2 (0.1 to 0.2)
 0.1 (0.1 to 0.2)
Health condition vs. no health condition
 –0.1 (–0.2 to –0.1)
 –0.1 (–0.2 to –0.1)
Work in healthcare vs. not in healthcare 0.1 (0 to 0.2) 0 (−0.1 to 0.1)

*Actual survey questions shown in Table 1. Boldface indicates 95% CIs that do not include 0. RIVM, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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