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. 2023 Dec 6;9:e37102. doi: 10.2196/37102

Table 6.

“Optimal mitigation plus additional hand hygiene” latent class of combined strategies to prevent COVID-19 among a household probability sample of 4090 US adults (August-December 2020).

Characteristics Total sample Optimal mitigation plus additional hand hygiene (consistent masking and social distancing, hand hygiene ≥11 times/day)


Unweighted, N Weighted, N Unweighted prevalence, n (%) Weighted prevalence, n (%)
Overall 3863 183,171,244 436 (11.3) 22,548,164 (12.3)
Sex

Male 1603 86,348,193 118 (7.4) 8,424,160 (9.8)

Female 2260 96,823,051 318 (14.1) 14,124,004 (14.6)
Race/ethnicity

Hispanic 551 33,539,313 103 (18.7) 6,328,829 (18.9)

Non-Hispanic Black 607 22,219,194 105 (17.3) 4,443,359 (20.0)

Non-Hispanic White 2454 112,449,529 205 (8.4) 10,067,066 (9.0)

Other 251 14,963,209 23 (9.2) 1,708,910 (11.4)
Age (years)

18-34 869 52,755,525 121 (13.9) 7,686,991 (14.6)

35-44 643 29,840,688 89 (13.8) 4,992,781 (16.7)

45-54 608 28,183,232 86 (14.1) 4,417,403 (15.7)

55-64 774 31,700,429 90 (11.6) 3,907,870 (12.3)

≥65 969 40,691,370 50 (5.2) 1,543,119 (3.8)
US Census region

Northeast 279 24,075,803 28 (10.0) 2,367,057 (9.8)

Midwest 438 37,524,032 40 (9.1) 3,709,602 (9.9)

South 1896 65,519,953 240 (12.7) 9,277,429 (14.2)

West 1250 56,051,456 128 (10.2) 7,194,076 (12.8)
Urbanicity

Micropolitan/small town/rural 374 24,397,071 44 (11.8) 3,079,673 (12.6)

Metropolitan 3489 158,774,173 392 (11.2) 19,468,491 (12.3)
Education

High school/General Educational Development (GED) or less 543 63,033,498 75 (13.8) 9,177,714 (14.6)

Some college/associate’s degree 1189 53,702,228 178 (15.0) 7,573,166 (14.1)

Bachelor’s degree 1203 42,013,058 94 (7.8) 3,420,744 (8.1)

Graduate degree 928 24,422,460 89 (9.6) 2,376,540 (9.7)
Annual income (US $)

0-24,999 586 21,039,489 86 (14.7) 4,030,880 (19.2)

25,000-49,999 756 30,682,885 99 (13.1) 4,365,638 (14.2)

50,000-99,999 1220 57,414,158 141 (11.6) 7,137,152 (12.4)

100,000-199,999 934 50,966,442 85 (9.1) 5,067,508 (9.9)

≥200,000 367 23,068,271 25 (6.8) 1,946,986 (8.4)
Health insurance

No health insurance 230 11,173,450 32 (13.9) 1,547,869 (13.9)

Medicare/Medicaid/other 1101 47,572,527 96 (8.7) 4,518,681 (9.5)

Private insurance/parent’s plan 2294 112,869,879 272 (11.9) 14,983,739 (13.3)

Do not know 238 11,555,388 36 (15.1) 1,497,874 (13.0)
Month of sample collection

August 619 48,004,288 51 (8.2) 4,344,792 (9.1)

September 372 30,679,522 59 (15.9) 5,007,293 (16.3)

October 775 52,803,927 70 (9.0) 5,658,534 (10.7)

November 2026 50,370,899 246 (12.1) 7,502,823 (14.9)

December 71 1,312,608 10 (14.1) 34,721 (2.6)
Job typea

Accommodation and food services 77 5,669,023 18 (23.4) 920,635 (16.2)

Educational services 283 7,801,317 40 (14.1) 952,513 (12.2)

Health care and social assistance 363 16,769,318 101 (27.8) 5,864,653 (35.0)

Retail trade 98 7,256,895 27 (27.6) 2,517,580 (34.7)

Transportation and warehousing 93 5,661,875 15 (16.1) 1,174,633 (20.7)

Other 1354 66,741,897 104 (7.7) 5,333,381 (8.0)
Work locationb

Completely indoors 868 44,926,729 157 (18.1) 8,661,383 (19.3)

Completely outdoor/mixture/other 485 24,905,513 72 (14.8) 4,798,204 (19.3)

aAmong those who were employed.

bAmong those who were employed and left home for work.