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Table 1 Participants’ self-reported demographics for matched sections (N = 230; NDPI = 136, NControl = 94)

From: Improving college students’ fact-checking strategies through lateral reading instruction in a general education civics course

Characteristics

DPI

Control

Age

 Under 18

11.8

11.7

 18–20

68.4

73.4

 21–24

14.0

9.6

 25–29

2.9

4.3

 30–34

0.7

0.0

 35–39

0.0

1.1

 40–49

1.5

0.0

 50 or older

0.7

0.0

Gender

 Female

58.1

47.9

 Male

41.2

51.1

 Another gender identity/prefer to self-describe

0.0

0.0

 Prefer not to respond

0.7

1.1

Race/Ethnicity (not mutually exclusive)

 American Indian/Alaska Native

2.2

1.1

 Asian/Asian American

19.1

10.6

 Black/African-American

20.6

22.3

 Latinx, Chicanx, Hispanic, or Spanish origin

22.8

26.6

 Middle Eastern/North African

4.4

5.3

 Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

0.0

0.0

 White

31.6

40.4

 Some other race

1.5

0.0

 Prefer not to say

5.1

1.1

Unavailable/unknown

0.7

0.0

Either parent attended college

 Yes

49.3

56.4

 No

50.7

43.6

Native English speaker

 Yes

75.0

81.9

 No

25.0

18.1