Sources of COVID-19 development updates participants accessed with sources trusted most and least, and understood best
| Accessed | Trust most | Trust least | Understood | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Television news | 292 | 71.6 | 244 | 59.8 | 13 | 3.2 | 105 | 25.9 |
| Discussion with parents | 283 | 69.4 | 44 | 10.8 | 3 | 0.7 | 103 | 25.4 |
| Internet news | 262 | 64.2 | 45 | 11.0 | 35 | 8.6 | 46 | 11.4 |
| Discussion with friends | 177 | 43.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 32 | 7.9 | 8 | 2.0 |
| 168 | 41.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 57 | 14.1 | 19 | 4.7 | |
| TikTok | 149 | 36.5 | 6 | 1.5 | 146 | 36.0 | 52 | 12.8 |
| YouTube | 130 | 31.9 | 12 | 2.9 | 11 | 2.7 | 21 | 5.2 |
| Radio | 124 | 30.4 | 15 | 3.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 1.5 |
| Snapchat | 107 | 26.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 42 | 10.4 | 10 | 2.5 |
| 46 | 11.3 | 8 | 2.0 | 14 | 3.5 | 16 | 4.0 | |
| Newspapers/Magazines | 41 | 10.0 | 4 | 1.0 | 17 | 4.2 | 6 | 1.5 |
| 37 | 9.1 | 2 | 0.5 | 29 | 7.2 | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Discussion with teachers | 26 | 6.4 | – | – | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Discussion with HCPs | 16 | 3.9 | 21 | 5.1 | – | – | 9 | 2.2 |
| Other | – | – | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Total | 408 | 100 | 405* | 100 | 405* | 100 | ||
*In three cases there were missing data.