Note(s): The coding of the variables is reported in parentheses. Four variables were collected in the survey using Likert scales: (i) Interest in Esports (1–5; 5 indicating strong interest), (ii) Active Esports Participation (1–6; 1–3: several times per week/month; 4–6: once a week, rarely, never), (iii) Trust in the IOC (1–4; 4 indicating high trust), and (iv) Trust in Local Government (1–4; 4 indicating high trust). For (i), a binary indicator was constructed that takes the value 1 if the Likert-scale response is greater than or equal to 3. For (ii), the indicator variable is set to 1 for responses of 3 or below, and to 0 otherwise. For (iii) and (iv), binary indicators were created that take the value 1 if the Likert-scale response equals 4, and 0 in all other cases