Table 3 Logistic regression with contact (Step 1), moral foundations (Step 2), and knowledge about IVF procedure (Step 3) predicting a positive attitude towards a woman who underwent IVF

Contact^a

0.65

4.11*

1.92

0.68

3.92*

1.97

 Care/harm

1.27

20.82***

3.56

0.95

10.27**

2.59

 Fairness/cheating

0.92

9.13**

2.52

0.80

6.28*

2.22

 Loyalty/betrayal

−0.33

1.73

0.71

−0.15

0.30

0.87

 Authority/subversion

−0.01

0.00

0.99

0.13

0.23

1.14

 Sanctity/degradation

−1.15

26.04***

0.32

−1.12

22.91***

0.33

Knowledge about IVF (test score)

0.11

21.98***

1.12

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