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Table 2 Levels of Horizontal Trust and Trust in the Healthcare System and in Mass Media by Health Status

From: The relationship between trust in mass media and the healthcare system and individual health: evidence from the AsiaBarometer Survey

Characteristic

All participants (N = 39082)

Good health (n = 26808)

Poor health (n = 12080)

 

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Horizontal trust

      

   High

14450

37.0

10170

37.9

4206

34.8

   * Low

21642

55.4

14637

54.6

6918

57.3

   NA

2990

7.7

2001

7.5

956

7.9

Trust in the healthcare system

      

   Trust a lot

7568

19.4

5971

22.3

1551

12.8

   Trust to a degree

17475

44.7

12364

46.1

5062

41.9

   Don't really trust

7934

20.3

4732

17.7

3161

26.2

   * Don't trust at all

2344

6.0

1234

4.6

1086

9.0

   Haven't thought about it

71

0.2

48

0.2

23

0.2

   NA

3690

9.4

2459

9.2

1197

9.9

Trust in mass media

      

   Trust a lot

6399

16.4

4801

17.9

1554

12.9

   Trust to a degree

16327

41.8

11716

43.7

4571

37.8

   Don't really trust

9838

25.2

6401

23.9

3406

28.2

   * Don't trust at all

3307

8.5

1948

7.3

1346

11.1

   Haven't thought about it

191

0.5

119

0.4

72

0.6

   NA

3020

2.6

1823

6.8

1131

9.4

  1. NA = data not available. * Reference categories used for subsequent regression analyses.