Table 5. Demographic characteristics of participants and practices toward COVID-19 (N = 4850).
| In the week before the MCO, did you avoid going to crowded places such as weddings? | In the week before the MCO, did you wear a face mask when leaving the home? | In the week before the MCO, did you practice proper hand hygiene by frequently washing your hands and using hand sanitizer? | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Gender | Male | 1701 (83.9%) | 327 (16.1%) | 1092 (53.8%) | 936 (46.2%) | 1701 (83.9%) | 327 (16.1%) |
| Female | 2309 (83.1%) | 470 (16.9%) | 1369 (49.3%) | 1410 (50.7%)** | 2520 (90.7%) | 259 (9.3%)*** | |
| Age group | 18–29 | 1742 (84.9%) | 309 (15.5%) | 1271 (62.0%) | 780 (38.0%) | 1849 (90.2%) | 202 (9.8%) |
| 30–49 | 1853 (83.7%) | 361 (16.3%) | 972 (43.9%) | 1242 (56.1%) | 1932 (87.3%) | 282 (12.7%) | |
| Above 50 | 407 (76.2%) | 127 (23.8%)*** | 212 (39.7%) | 322 (60.3%)*** | 433 (81.1%) | 101(18.9%)*** | |
| Region | Central | 1634 (82.8%) | 339 (17.2%) | 919 (46.6%) | 1054 (53.4%) | 1775 (90.0%) | 198 (10.0%) |
| Northern | 984 (84.6%) | 179 (15.4%) | 695 (59.8%) | 468 (40.2%) | 1027 (88.3%) | 136 (11.7%) | |
| Southern | 533 (83.9%) | 102 (16.6%) | 318 (50.1%) | 317 (49.9%) | 546 (86.0%) | 89 (14.0%) | |
| Eastern | 535 (81.2%) | 124 (18.8%) | 323 (49.0%) | 336 (51.0%) | 553 (83.9%) | 106 (16.1%) | |
| Sabah/Sarawak | 324 (85.9%) | 53 (14.1%) | 206 (54.6%) | 171 (45.4%)*** | 320 (84.9%) | 57 (15.1%)*** | |
| Occupation group | Other# | 26 (81.3%) | 6 (18.8%) | 12 (37.5%) | 20 (62.5%) | 24 (75.0%) | 8 (25.0%) |
| Student | 927 (82.9%) | 191 (17.1%) | 697 (62.6%) | 421 (37.7%) | 1015 (90.8%) | 103 (9.2%) | |
| Unemployed | 161 (83.4%) | 32 (16.6%) | 81 (42.0%) | 112 (58.0%) | 168 (87.0%) | 25 (13.0%) | |
| Retiree | 73 (77.7%) | 21 (22.3%) | 34 (36.2%) | 60 (63.8%) | 71 (75.5%) | 23 (24.5%) | |
| Private sector | 780 (82.3%) | 168 (17.7%) | 429 (45.3%) | 519 (54.7%) | 851 (89.8%) | 97 (10.2%) | |
| Public sector | 1827 (84.9%) | 324 (15.1%) | 1086 (50.5%) | 1065 (49.5%) | 1858 (86.4%) | 293 (13.6%) | |
| Self-employed | 210 (79.5%) | 54 (20.5%) | 119 (45.1%) | 145 (54.9%)*** | 227 (86.0%) | 37 (14.0%)*** | |
| Income category | Below RM3k | 1321 (86.3%) | 210 (13.7%) | 941 (61.5%) | 590 (38.5%) | 1368 (89.4%) | 163 (10.6%) |
| RM3k – 6k | 1075 (84.0%) | 205 (16.0%) | 676 (52.8%) | 604 (47.2%) | 1115 (87.1%) | 165 (12.9%) | |
| RM6k – 9k | 682 (82.7%) | 143 (17.3%) | 351 (42.5%) | 474 (57.5%) | 718 (87.0%) | 107 (13.0%) | |
| RM9k – 12k | 455 (80.8%) | 108 (19.2%) | 243 (43.2%) | 320 (56.8%) | 482 (85.6%) | 81 (14.4%) | |
| RM12k and above | 477 (78.5%) | 131 (21.5%)*** | 250 (41.1%) | 358 (58.9%)*** | 538 (88.5%) | 70 (11.5%) | |
| Knowledge score (t-test) | 10.4 (1.4) | 10.6 (1.4)** | 10.3 (1.4) | 10.6 (1.4)*** | 10.5 (1.4) | 10.5 (1.4) | |
#“Other” includes occupations such as manual labour and contract/ part-time work
*P<0.05
**P<0.01
***P<0.001