TABLE 2.
Correlations between Socio‐Demographic Variables and Beliefs
| Sex (men = 1, women = 2) | Educational level | Number of people living with the respondent | Age | Number of cases in the country | Number of social contacts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beliefs towards C19 and PB | ||||||
| Susceptibility to catching C19 | .010 | .01 | .03 | .05 | .01 | .09* |
| Severity of C19 | .010 | −.06 | −.11* | .29* | .01 | −.11* |
| Self‐OE of PB for protecting oneself | .04 | −.01 | .05 | −.08 | .03 | −.04 |
| Self‐efficacy to perform PB | .09* | −.03 | .01 | .08 | −.01 | −.16* |
| Actual control to perform PB | .05 | .01 | .02 | .04 | −.02 | −.16* |
| Subjective norm about PB | .04 | −.01 | .02 | .08 | −.07 | −.06 |
| Trust in the authorities | −.02 | −.12* | .04 | .14* | .05 | −.07 |
| Beliefs towards SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission | ||||||
| Likelihood of transmitting SARS‐CoV‐2 | .08 | .09* | −.02 | .00 | −.08 | −.01 |
| Self‐OE of PB for limiting SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission | .06 | .08* | .02 | .00 | .03 | −.11* |
| Self‐OE of PB for reducing the epidemic | .06 | .05 | .03 | −.04 | .03 | −.06 |
| Social dilemma variables | ||||||
| Collective OE of PB for reducing the epidemic | .06 | .05 | .03 | −.05 | .00 | −.05 |
| Collective‐efficacy to perform PB | .06 | −.08 | .05 | .06 | −.01 | −.06 |
| Descriptive norm about PB | −.09* | −.05 | .02 | .10* | −.07 | −.08* |
| Social dilemma beliefs about PB | −.11* | −.05 | .07 | −.11* | .04 | .05 |
| Drop‐in‐the‐bucket belief about PB reducing the epidemic | −.12* | −.06 | .00 | −.04 | −.02 | .01 |
| Perceived external cues | ||||||
| Hearing about C19 from lay people | .08 | .10* | .02 | −.09* | .01 | .06 |
| Hearing about C19 from authorities | −.01 | .04 | −.05 | .16* | .03 | −.02 |
| Hearing about PB from lay people | .07 | .11* | .06 | −.14* | .03 | .06 |
| Hearing about PB from authorities | .00 | .04 | −.07 | .17* | −.02 | −.09* |
| Incentive in the environment to follow PB | .00 | .02 | −.02 | .01 | −.01 | .02 |
| Knowledge of cases in the county | .01 | .04 | .01 | −.01 | .00 | .05 |
| Score of protective behaviours before outbreak | .08 | −.07 | −.01 | .04 | .02 | −.03 |
Benjamini‐Hochberg correction was applied and resulted in a significance threshold of .008. Correlations whose p‐value is equal or below this threshold are indicated in bold with an*.
Abbreviations: PB = protective behaviours. C19 = COVID‐19. OE = outcome expectancy. SARS‐CoV‐2 = severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.