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. 2020 Sep 17;14(9):e0008584. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008584

Table 3. Multivariate analysis of factors associated with poor knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to COVID-19 among workers in China, February 2-February 7, 2020.

Characteristic Knowledge AOR
(95% CI)
P value Attitudes AOR
(95% CI)
P value Practices AOR (95% CI) P value
Good Poor Good Poor Good Poor
Sex
    Women 26709
(73.3)
9729
(26.7)
1.00
(ref.)
- 21665
(59.5)
14773
(40.5)
1.00
(ref.)
- 35396
(97.1)
1042
(2.9)
1.00
(ref.)
-
    Men 63905
(73.2)
23425
(26.8)
0.99
(0.47–0.61)
0.543 52001
(59.5)
35329
(40.5)
1.00
(0.98–1.03)
0.901 84824
(97.1)
2506
(2.9)
1.00
(0.93–1.08)
0.982
Age group, y
    <25 18464
(75.4)
6012
(24.6)
1.00
(ref.)
-# 14510
(59.3)
9966
(40.7)
1.00
(ref.)
- 23901
(97.7)
575
(2.3)
1.00
(ref.)
-#
    25–34 51021
(73.0)
18826
(27.0)
1.08
(1.04–1.12)
<0.001 41596
(59.6)
28251
(40.4)
1.00
(0.97–1.03)
0.958 67794
(97.1)
2053
(2.9)
1.16
(1.05–1.27)
0.002
    35–44 18924
(71.8)
7428
(28.2)
1.13
(1.09–1.18)
<0.001 15682
(59.5)
10670
(40.5)
1.01
(0.98–1.05)
0.584 25542
(96.9)
810
(3.1)
1.16
(1.04–1.29)
0.010
    ≥45 2205
(71.3)
888
(28.7)
1.16
(1.07–1.27)
<0.001 1878
(60.7)
1215
(39.3)
0.97
(0.90–1.05)
0.466 2983
(96.4)
110
(3.6)
1.31
(1.07–1.62)
0.010
Education level
    Primary school and below 529
(49.0)
536
(50.3)
1.00
(ref.)
-# 556
(52.2)
509
(47.8)
1.00
(ref.)
- 938
(88.1)
127
(11.9)
1.00
(ref.)
-#
    Junior high school 22473
(63.0)
13209
(37.0)
0.59
(0.52–0.67)
<0.001 19390
(54.3)
16292
(45.7)
0.93
(0.82–1.05)
0.232 34208
(95.9)
1474
(4.1)
0.33
(0.27–0.40)
<0.001
    High school 35065
(72.3)
13457
(27.7)
0.39
(0.34–0.44)
<0.001 28797
(59.3)
19725
(40.7)
0.76
(0.67–0.86)
<0.001 47343
(97.6)
1179
(2.4)
0.20
(0.16–0.24)
<0.001
    College degree or above 32547
(84.5)
5952
(15.5)
0.19
(0.17–0.21)
<0.001 24923
(64.7)
13576
(35.3)
0.60
(0.53–0.68)
<0.001 37731
(98.0)
768
(2.0)
0.17
(0.14–0.20)
<0.001
Married status
    Married 28941
(77.9)
11042
(22.1)
1.00
(ref.)
- 29509
(59.0)
20474
(41.0)
1.00
(ref.)
- 49141
(98.3)
842
(1.7)
1.00
(ref.)
-
    Single 48779
(70.1)
20838
(29.9)
1.43
(1.39–1.46)
<0.001 41873
(60.1)
27744
(39.9)
0.94
(0.91–0.96)
<0.001 67093
(96.4)
2524
(3.6)
2.08
(1.92–2.25)
<0.001
    Divorced 2055
(73.7)
733
(26.3)
1.07
(0.98–1.17)
0.151 1609
(57.7)
1179
(42.3)
0.99
(0.92–1.07)
0.798 2717
(97.5)
71
(2.5)
1.36
(1.06–1.74)
0.014
    Others 839
(60.8)
541
(39.2)
1.82
(1.62–2.03)
<0.001 675
(48.9)
705
(51.1)
1.38
(1.24–1.54)
<0.001 1269
(92.0)
111
(8.0)
4.16
(3.38–5.13)
<0.001
Living area in last two weeks
    Hubei province 8067
(81.3)
1857
(18.7)
1.00
(ref.)
- 6039
(60.9)
3885
(39.1)
1.00
(ref.)
- 9750
(98.2)
174
(1.8)
1.00
(ref.)
-
    Other provinces 82547
(72.5)
31297
(27.5)
1.43
(1.35–1.50)
<0.001 67627
(59.4)
46217
(40.6)
1.02
(0.98–1.07)
0.311 110470
(97.0)
3374
(3.0)
1.43
(1.22–1.67)
<0.001
Family members or relatives infected
    No 90557
(73.2)
33079
(26.8)
1.00
(ref.)
- 73588
(59.5)
50048
(40.5)
1.00
(ref.)
- 120100
(97.1)
3536
(2.9)
1.00
(ref.)
-
    Yes 57
(43.2)
75
(56.8)
3.82
(2.67–5.46)
<0.001 78
(59.1)
54
(40.9)
1.01
(0.71–1.44)
0.943 120
(90.9)
12
(9.1)
3.23
(1.76–5.92)
<0.001

AOR: Adjusted odds ratios; CI: confidence interval.

# P for trend <0.05.