Table 3.

COVID-19 Knowledge and reported behaviors across sample characteristics (n = 673)

Variable	Identified symptoms			Prevention knowledge			Reported behavior
	Fever, %	Cough, %	Shortness of breath %	Wash hands, %	Social distance, %	Wash or disinfect, %	Social distance, %	Stop leisure activities, %	Took action to obtain medicine, %
Age group								‡
< 60	81.8	71.6	49.2	89.0	85.6	20.8	33.5	22.9	25.4
60–69	78.4	71.8	46.1	87.1	87.6	19.5	37.8	36.1	29.9
≥ 70	74.5	67.9	39.3	83.7	85.7	17.4	44.9	40.3	31.6
Sex			*				†
Female	80.1	72.7	43.1	86.2	85.7	20.2	42.4	35.2	28.8
Male	76.0	67.4	48.3	87.6	87.3	18.0	32.2	28.8	28.8
Racea	†	*	‡		‡	†		‡	†
Latino	82.2	65.9	48.2	88.2	82.2	28.9	40.0	21.5	17.8
White	82.5	75.5	51.3	88.7	92.1	16.9	40.7	38.7	31.8
Black	70.9	66.3	34.7	82.4	81.4	16.6	32.2	29.2	29.7
Below poverty levelb	†		*		†		*	†	†
Yes	71.0	65.8	38.9	82.9	80.3	21.2	44.0	24.4	21.8
No	81.5	72.6	47.4	88.2	88.6	18.7	35.6	36.0	31.8
#Chronic conditions								‡
1–2	81.4	70.7	44.7	87.0	89.3	22.3	40.0	43.7	32.4
3 or more	77.1	70.5	45.4	86.7	84.9	17.9	37.6	27.5	36.8
Health literacy	‡	‡	‡		‡			‡	*
Low	70.1	70.8	32.5	83.8	77.9	24.7	43.5	21.4	20.8
Marginal	72.3	58.1	45.2	83.9	84.5	14.8	37.4	31.6	29.0
Adequate	84.6	75.8	50.6	89.3	90.7	19.0	36.5	37.9	32.1
Self-reported health		*
Good–excellent	80.1	73.0	46.7	87.1	87.1	20.3	36.5	34.2	29.0
Fair–poor	72.9	62.6	40.0	85.8	83.9	16.1	44.5	27.7	28.4
Day of interview					‡		‡	†	†
1	88.2	60.8	43.1	92.2	56.9	21.6	19.6	27.5	21.6
2	73.9	75.7	43.2	88.3	81.1	15.3	35.1	27.0	24.3
3	83.1	69.6	48.0	88.5	90.5	12.8	31.1	30.4	19.6
4	79.7	71.7	40.7	83.2	88.5	20.4	40.7	31.0	32.7
5	73.5	72.6	48.7	86.7	92.9	24.8	50.4	48.7	37.2
6	75.9	67.7	45.9	85.0	90.2	22.6	44.4	29.3	35.3

^a37 participants missing race data

^bFour participants missing income data

*p < 0.05

^†p < 0.01

^‡p < 0.001