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Table 3 Correlation between level of trust in various agencies and level of trust in COVID-19 policy

From: Trust in COVID-19 policy among public health professionals in Israel during the first wave of the pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Authority*

Correlation coefficient

Significance (2-tailed)

Ministry of Health

0.782

 < 0.001

Prime Minister

0.558

 < 0.001

Minister of Health

0.483

 < 0.001

Government

0.454

 < 0.001

Knesset

0.337

 < 0.001

Minister of Education

0.337

 < 0.001

Ministry of Finance

0.303

 < 0.001

Hospitals

0.252

 < 0.001

Association of Public Health Physicians

0.134

0.158

The Israeli media

0.097

0.308

Local authorities

 − 0.050

0.602

  1. *N = 112