Table 2 Latent correlations between 16 lower order constructs

1. Political activity

1.0

2. Religious activity

−0.13

1.0

3. Conservative self-identity

−0.27

0.53

1.0

4. Attitudes towards life

−0.24

0.60

0.64

1.0

5. Intelligent design fallacies

−0.28

0.59

0.55

0.64

1.0

6. Young earth creationist beliefs

−0.26

0.69

0.58

0.69

0.95

1.0

7. Moral objections

−0.28

0.43

0.47

0.51

0.81

0.79

1.0

8. Social objections

−0.22

0.32

0.42

0.48

0.71

0.64

0.67

1.0

9. Distrust of the scientific enterprise

−0.28

0.52

0.53

0.59

0.99

0.90

0.84

0.75

1.0

10. Relevance of evolutionary theory

0.24

−0.47

−0.44

−0.41

−0.80

−0.73

−0.70

−0.52

−0.82

1.0

11. Genetic literacy

0.14

−0.45

−0.47

−0.41

−0.78

−0.70

−0.64

−0.50

−0.78

0.81

1.0

12. Evolutionary knowledge

0.12

−0.22

−0.30

−0.26

−0.58

−0.50

−0.53

−0.40

−0.61

0.72

0.86

1.0

13. Knowledge about scientific enterprise

0.05

−0.12

−0.08

−0.17

−0.25

−0.26

−0.15

−0.14

−0.26

0.25

0.21

0.17

1.0

14. Evolutionary misconceptions

0.08

−0.22

−0.03

−0.08

−0.52

−0.46

−0.51

−0.44

−0.58

0.60

0.68

0.77

0.29

1.0

15. Self-exposure to evolution

0.39

−0.35

−0.38

−0.37

−0.51

−0.45

−0.41

−0.38

−0.53

0.51

0.47

0.39

0.05

0.27

1.0

16. Youth exposure to evolution

0.41

−0.23

−0.32

−0.31

−0.44

−0.40

−0.41

−0.37

−0.48

0.45

0.37

0.36

−0.02

0.23

0.80

1.0