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Table 2 Participant demographic information

From: Limited not lazy: a quasi-experimental secondary analysis of evidence quality evaluations by those who hold implausible beliefs

Factor

Total sample

Study

‘Endorsers’

‘Non-endorsers’

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Endorsement

          

 N

873

106

116

54

96

138

326

37

–

–

 % ‘Endorsers’

14.3

15.1

11.2

11.1

20.8

9.4

15.3

18.9

–

–

 % ‘Non-endorsers’

71.1

75.5

76.7

79.6

63.5

71.7

69.3

62.2

–

–

Age

          

 n

746

96

102

49

81

112

276

30

125

621

 Mean

37.2

37.0

36.0

36.6

37.8

35.0

40.3

21.3

40.1

36.7

 SD

11.7

11.6

10.5

10.2

12.0

8.9

12.3

3.4

12.8

11.4

Gender

          

 n

746

96

102

49

81

112

276

30

125

621

 % Female

44.1

49.0

51.0

40.8

43.2

37.5

40.6

70.0

42.4

44.4

 % Male

55.2

51.0

47.1

59.2

56.8

62.5

59.1

23.3

57.6

54.8

 % Gender diverse

0.7

0.0

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

6.7

0.0

0.8

Highest level of education

          

 n

716

96

102

49

81

112

276

0

118

598

 % Less than high/secondary

0.4

0.0

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

–

0.0

0.5

 % High/secondary school

23.5

25.0

20.6

22.4

19.8

28.6

23.2

–

26.3

22.9

 % Trade qualification

6.1

2.1

2.0

4.1

9.9

9.8

6.9

–

11.9

5.0

 % College/university

53.8

57.3

51.0

63.3

49.4

51.8

54.0

–

44.9

55.5

 % Masters degree

13.4

11.5

22.5

8.2

16.0

8.9

12.7

–

13.6

13.4

 % Doctoral degree

0.8

3.1

1.0

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

–

0.8

0.8

% Professional qualification

2.0

1.0

1.0

0.0

4.9

0.9

2.5

–

2.5

1.8

Ethnic/cultural identity

          

 n

746

96

102

49

81

112

276

30

125

621

 % White/Caucasian

76.3

79.2

80.4

69.4

72.8

71.4

80.8

50.0

79.2

75.7

 % African-American

9.1

5.2

7.8

6.1

11.1

9.8

10.9

6.7

10.4

8.9

 % Hispanic

5.4

2.1

4.9

6.1

7.4

4.5

2.9

36.7

4.8

5.5

 % Asian

7.0

10.4

4.9

16.3

6.2

10.7

4.3

0.0

2.4

7.9

 % Native American

0.8

2.1

1.0

2.0

0.0

1.8

0.0

0.0

1.6

0.6

 % Pacific Islander

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.2

0.0

0.0

3.3

0.0

0.3

 % Other

1.2

1.0

1.0

0.0

1.2

1.8

1.1

3.3

1.6

1.1