Table 5. Predictors of taken preventive measures taken in past two months (N = 3,540).

		Preventive measures taken
	n	%measures	aOR (95% CI)
Pre-outbreak respiratory problems
• no (ref.)	2,813	43.5	1
• yes	727	45.1	1.02 (0.85–1.23)
Pre-outbreak heart problems
• no (ref.)	3,317	43.3*	1
• yes	224	51.8	1.53 (1.13–2.07)**
Pre-outbreak diabetes
• no (ref.)	3,386	43.9	1
• yes	155	41.3	0.99 (0.70–1.42)
Pre-outbreak anxiety and depression symptoms
• no (ref.)	2,785	43.4	1
• yes	755	45.6	1.10 (0.91–1.33)
Pre-outbreak loneliness
• no (ref.)	2,753	44.0	1
• yes	786	43.4	1.03 (0.86–1.24)
Age (in years)
• 18–34 (ref.)	944	39.7**	1
• 35–49	837	46.8	1.18 (0.94–1.47)
• 50–64	916	46.7	1.34 (1.06–1.70)*
• 65 or older	843	42.3	1.39 (0.96–2.01)
Gender
• male (ref.)	1,744	39.5***	1
• female	1,796	48.1	1.46 (1.26–1.70)***
Education
• high (ref.)	1,459	49.0***	1
• medium	1,277	41.8	0.71 (0.60–0.84)***
• low	803	37.6	0.55 (0.45–0.67)***
Married
• yes (ref.)	1,705	45.7*	1
• no	1,835	42.1	0.91 (0.77–1.06)
Employment status
• paid employment	1,786	44.9	1
• self-employed	198	45.5	0.92 (0.67–1.26)
• job seeker	73	37.0	0.71 (0.42–1.20)
• student	278	39.2	1.10 (0.81–1.50)
• housekeeping	256	46.5	0.97 (0.71–1.32)
• pensioner	675	41.3	0.89 (0.62–1.27)
• (partial) work disab.	154	48.7	1.21 (0.84–1.75)
• other	120	42.0	0.89 (0.59–1.36)
Period participation
• 0–4 days (ref.)	1,844	30.0***	1
• 5–9 days	508	44.5	1.92 (1.57–2.36)***
• 10–15 days	1,188	65.0	4.34 (3.70–5.08)***

aOR = Odds Ratio adjusted for all other variables in table. 95 CI = 95% confidence interval of aOR. Ref = reference category. Results based on weighted data (gender, age, marital status). housekeeping = takes care of housekeeping. (partial) work disab. = has (partial) work disability. The asterisks near the percentages refer to the p-values of the chi-square tests, and the asterisks near the 95% CI’s refer to the p-values of the aOR’s.

* p < .05

** p < .01

*** p < .001.