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.