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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Health. 2022 Jul 1;72(5):1450–1457. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2080504

Table 3.

Self-reported characteristics at the end of the semester at two universities in Wisconsin by student COVID-19 concern and personal prevention behaviors- fall 2020.

Characteristic COVID-19 Concern (No., row %) COVID-19 Personal Prev ention (No., row %)

Total students No. Very concerned Somewhat concerned Only slightly concerned/I was not concerned at all p-value22 I did everything I could to avoid infection I was careful most of the time, not all the time I took risks on several occasions OR more frequent risks p-valuev
Party attendance23 840 <0.05 <0.05
Attended parties 296 36 (12.1%) 123 (41.6%) 137 (46.3%) 45 (15.2%) 192 (64.9%) 59 (19.9%)
Did not attend parties 544 134 (24.6%) (24.6%) 249 (45.8%) 161 (29.6%) 179 (32.9%) 341 (62.7%) 24 (4.4%)
Alcohol consumption amount24 758 <0.05
Typically consume 3 or more drinks 383 53 (13.8%) 173 (45.2%) 157 (41.0%) 262 (68.4%) 50 (13.1%) 71 (18.5%) <0.05
Consume less than 3 drinks 223 57 (25.6%) 98 (43.9%) 68 (30.5%) 64 (28.7%) 151 (67.7%) 8 (3.6%)
N/A 152 43 (28.3%) 68 (44.7%) 41 (27.0%) 79 (52.0%) 71 (46.7%) 2 (1.3%)
Wears mask at social events25 838 <0.05
All or most of the time 278 68 (24.5%) 135 (48.6%) 75 (27.0%) 109 (39.2%) 162 (58.3%) 7 (2.5%) <0.05
Half the time 131 27 (20.6%) 50 (38.2%) 54 (41.2%) 13 (9.9%) 105 (80.2%) 13 (9.9%)
Not much or never 260 21 (8.1%) 108 (41.5%) 131 (50.4%) 24 (9.2%) 176 (67.7%) 60 (23.1%)
N/A 169 54 (32.0%) 78 (46.2%) 37 (21.9%) 77 (45.6%) 89 (52.7%) 3 (1.8%)
Physical distancing26 in public27 830 <0.05
All or most 565 135 (23.9%) 270 (47.8%) 160 (28.3%) 191 (33.8%) 349 (61.8%) 25 (4.4%) <0.05
Half 233 32 (13.7%) 94 (40.3%) 107 (45.9%) 31 (13.3%) 156 (67.0%) 46 (19.7%)
Not much or never 32 2 (6.3%) 5 (15.6%) 25 (78.1%) 0 (0.0%) 22 (68.8%) 10 (31.3%)