TABLE 1. Percentage of respondents who reported remembering to wash their hands before eating at home, before eating at a restaurant, and before preparing food at home, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, by selected characteristics — ConsumerStyles fall and summer surveys, United States, October 2019 and June 2020*.
| Characteristic | Weighted %
(95% CI) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before
eating at home |
Before
eating at a restaurant |
Before
preparing food at home |
||||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|
Overall
|
62.8
(60.9–64.6)
|
74.4
(72.7–76.1)
|
55.2
(53.3–57.1)
|
70.6
(68.9–72.4)
|
86.5
(85.2–87.8)
|
85.7
(84.3–87.1)
|
|
Sex
| ||||||
| Women |
63.9 (61.2–66.5) |
75.3 (72.9–77.6) |
56.5 (53.8–59.2) |
73.2 (70.8–78.6) |
89.9 (88.2–91.6) |
89.6 (87.8–91.5) |
| Men |
61.6 (59.0–64.2) |
73.5 (71.1–75.9) |
53.9 (51.2–56.6) |
67.9 (65.4–70.5) |
82.9 (80.9–84.9) |
81.5 (79.3–83.7) |
|
Age group
(yrs)
| ||||||
| 18–24 |
62.3 (53.9–70.7) |
70.8 (61.8–78.6) |
50.8 (42.2–59.5) |
65.2 (56.3–74.0) |
85.2 (79.1–91.3) |
77.0 (69.1–84.9) |
| 25–34 |
56.3 (51.5–61.2) |
66.7 (62.3–71.2) |
50.8 (46.0–55.7) |
65.6 (61.1–70.1) |
84.5 (81.0–88.0) |
81.8 (78.1–85.5) |
| 35–44 |
62.0 (57.6–66.4) |
72.0 (68.3–75.7) |
55.4 (50.8–60.0) |
69.3 (65.5–73.1) |
85.3 (82.2–88.4) |
85.2 (82.2–88.2) |
| 45–54 |
65.5 (61.4–69.7) |
75.6 (71.9–79.2) |
60.4 (56.1–64.7) |
75.0 (71.4–78.6) |
87.9 (85.1–90.8) |
88.4 (85.7–91.1) |
| 55–64 |
69.1 (65.9–72.3) |
81.1 (78.4–83.8) |
61.7 (58.3–65.1) |
75.1 (72.1–78.2) |
89.6 (87.3–91.8) |
90.9 (88.8–92.9) |
| 65–74 |
61.5 (57.6–65.3) |
78.8 (75.5–82.0) |
53.5 (49.5–57.5) |
74.0 (70.6–77.5) |
87.6 (84.9–90.4) |
87.8 (85.2–90.3) |
| ≥75 |
62.6 (57.3–68.0) |
78.8 (73.7–84.0) |
48.6 (43.0–54.2) |
67.2 (61.2–72.7) |
83.8 (79.6–88.0) |
87.8 (83.5–92.0) |
|
Race/Ethnicity
| ||||||
| White, NH |
58.0 (55.8–60.1) |
71.9 (69.9–73.9) |
50.6 (48.4–52.8) |
68.6 (66.5–70.7) |
86.9 (85.5–88.3) |
86.0 (84.4–87.5) |
| Black, NH |
76.6 (71.1–82.1) |
80.6 (75.5–85.8) |
64.9 (58.7–71.2) |
75.1 (69.7–80.4) |
86.6 (81.9–91.2) |
85.6 (80.9–90.4) |
| Other, NH |
69.0 (61.3–76.7) |
81.2 (75.1–87.4) |
61.7 (53.7–69.8) |
79.0 (72.7–85.2) |
84.7 (79.0–90.4) |
81.5 (74.5–88.4) |
| Hispanic or Latino |
69.0 (63.7–74.4) |
75.9 (71.1–80.6) |
62.7 (57.1–68.3) |
70.9 (65.8–76.0) |
85.8 (81.6–90.0) |
86.2 (82.1–90.2) |
| Multiracial, NH |
58.7 (47.7–69.8) |
84.8 (76.2–93.4) |
63.6 (52.9–74.3) |
78.0 (69.1–87.0) |
85.9 (73.0–93.2) |
91.1 (84.6–97.5) |
|
Health
status†
| ||||||
| Excellent |
66.6 (60.8–72.3) |
76.3 (71.3–81.3) |
55.6 (49.3–61.9) |
70.7 (65.1–76.3) |
86.5 (82.3–90.6) |
88.8 (85.3–92.4) |
| Very good |
65.4 (62.5–68.3) |
75.0 (72.4–77.7) |
58.5 (55.5–61.5) |
71.7 (68.9–74.4) |
88.2 (86.2–90.2) |
86.1 (83.8–88.4) |
| Good |
60.6 (57.5–63.7) |
75.2 (72.5–77.9) |
53.2 (50.0–56.4) |
71.3 (68.4–74.1) |
86.1 (83.8–88.4) |
84.7 (82.3–87.0) |
| Fair |
56.7 (51.4–61.9) |
70.6 (65.3–75.4) |
52.7 (47.4–57.9) |
67.1 (62.0–72.2) |
83.7 (79.8–87.7) |
86.3 (82.3–90.2) |
| Poor |
66.4 (56.0–76.7) |
69.6 (58.7–80.5) |
49.6 (38.6–60.7) |
69.6 (58.7–80.4) |
82.8 (74.3–91.4) |
80.9 (70.8–91.3) |
|
U.S. Census
division
| ||||||
| New England |
49.5 (40.8–58.1) |
73.9 (66.7–81.0) |
45.3 (36.7–53.5) |
73.4 (66.7–80.1) |
87.2 (81.8–92.7) |
88.7 (84.4–93.0) |
| Mid-Atlantic |
65.6 (60.7–70.4) |
73.4 (68.6–78.1) |
57.4 (52.3–62.5) |
69.8 (65.0–74.6) |
87.9 (84.8–91.0) |
87.8 (80.5–89.0) |
| East-North Central |
55.0 (50.1–59.8) |
75.0 (70.8–79.2) |
44.7 (39.8–49.5) |
69.4 (65.0–73.8) |
83.2 (79.5–87.0) |
84.7 (81.2–88.2) |
| West-North Central |
56.3 (49.4–63.3) |
62.1 (55.0–69.2) |
51.2 (44.3–58.2) |
66.6 (59.8–73.4) |
83.5 (77.9–89.0) |
83.0 (77.0–89.0) |
| South Atlantic |
66.6 (62.7–70.6) |
74.8 (71.0–78.5) |
59.0 (54.9–63.2) |
71.1 (67.2–75.0) |
88.3 (85.6–91.0) |
82.9 (79.3–86.4) |
| East-South Central |
63.9 (56.1–71.6) |
74.5 (66.9–82.1) |
58.1 (49.9–66.3) |
69.6 (61.3–77.9) |
86.6 (80.9–92.2) |
86.3 (79.9–92.6) |
| West-South Central |
69.4 (63.9–75.0) |
77.1 (72.4–81.7) |
59.5 (53.6–65.3) |
73.3 (68.3–78.4) |
84.5 (80.0–89.0) |
87.0 (83.2–90.8) |
| Mountain |
59.6 (52.6–66.5) |
71.5 (64.9–78.0) |
54.5 (47.3–61.6) |
68.6 (62.0–75.2) |
87.4 (82.9–91.9) |
88.5 (83.9–93.1) |
| Pacific |
64.6 (59.9–69.3) |
78.2 (74.2–82.2) |
58.6 (53.7–63.4) |
71.7 (67.3–76.1) |
88.1 (84.9–91.4) |
88.7 (85.3–92.0) |
|
Annual household
income (US$)
| ||||||
| <25,000 |
63.2 (57.8–68.5) |
73.1 (67.7–78.4) |
55.5 (50.0–61.0) |
64.9 (59.3–70.6) |
81.4 (76.9–85.9) |
77.6 (72.3–83.0) |
| 25,000–49,999 |
66.3 (62.0–70.6) |
75.8 (71.6–79.9) |
60.1 (55.5–64.7) |
71.5 (67.1–76.0) |
90.2 (87.9–92.6) |
84.4 (80.7–88.2) |
| 50,000–74,999 |
63.1 (58.6–67.5) |
76.0 (72.0–80.1) |
54.6 (50.0–59.3) |
69.8 (65.5–74.0) |
86.8 (83.8–89.8) |
87.4 (84.2–90.5) |
| 75,000–99,999 |
63.7 (58.9–68.5) |
73.4 (69.0–77.8) |
53.3 (48.3–58.4) |
72.7 (68.2–77.3) |
89.4 (86.3–92.6) |
86.9 (83.5–90.2) |
| 100,000–149,999 |
58.9 (54.7–63.1) |
72.7 (69.0–76.4) |
52.9 (48.6–57.2) |
72.8 (69.3–76.3) |
87.1 (84.2–89.9) |
89.1 (86.5–91.6) |
| ≥150,000 |
63.2 (58.0–68.4) |
73.1 (68.6–77.7) |
55.0 (49.6–60.4) |
74.2 (69.7–78.8) |
83.0 (78.6–87.3) |
86.7 (83.0–90.4) |
|
Work
status
§
| ||||||
| Working |
62.3 (59.9–65.6) |
73.7 (71.6–75.9) |
55.6 (53.2–58.0) |
70.8 (68.6–73.0) |
86.2 (84.5–87.9) |
85.8 (84.1–87.6) |
| Not working |
63.3 (58.3–68.4) |
71.1 (66.2–75.9) |
55.4 (50.2–60.6) |
68.8 (63.7–73.8) |
88.1 (84.7–91.5) |
82.6 (78.2–87.0) |
| Retired |
63.9 (60.6–67.2) |
79.6 (76.8–82.4) |
53.7 (50.2–57.1) |
71.7 (68.6–74.8) |
85.9 (83.5–88.4) |
88.1 (85.8–90.4) |
|
Education
| ||||||
| Less than high school |
64.0 (56.8–71.1) |
72.9 (66.2–76.7) |
53.7 (46.2–61.2) |
65.9 (58.8–73.1) |
85.0 (80.1–89.8) |
79.9 (73.7–86.1) |
| High school |
65.5 (62.0–69.0) |
77.5 (74.4–80.5) |
59.2 (55.6–62.8) |
72.1 (68.8–75.4) |
87.6 (85.2–90.0) |
85.9 (83.2–88.6) |
| Some college |
64.9 (61.6–68.3) |
74.0 (70.7–77.3) |
56.7 (53.1–60.2) |
71.4 (68.0–74.8) |
87.2 (84.6–89.8) |
85.3 (82.4–88.1) |
| Bachelor’s degree or
higher |
58.0 (55.1–60.9) |
75.6 (70.1–75.1) |
51.0 (48.0–53.9) |
70.2 (67.7–72.7) |
85.5 (83.4–87.6) |
87.7 (85.9–89.5) |
|
Metro
status
¶
| ||||||
| Non-metro |
64.2 (59.3–69.0) |
69.3 (64.4–74.2) |
53.2 (48.0–58.3) |
65.2 (60.0–70.4) |
88.7 (85.5–91.8) |
82.7 (78.4–86.9) |
| Metro |
62.6 (60.6–64.5) |
75.2 (73.4–77.0) |
55.6 (53.5–57.6) |
71.5 (69.6–73.3) |
86.2 (84.7–87.6) |
86.2 (84.7–87.7) |
|
Household
size
| ||||||
| 1 |
59.9 (56.1–63.8) |
75.7 (72.1–79.3) |
53.6 (49.7–57.5) |
69.0 (65.2–72.9) |
84.7 (82.0–87.5) |
81.5 (77.9–85.2) |
| 2 |
61.0 (58.2–63.7) |
74.5 (72.0–77.1) |
54.7 (51.8–57.5) |
70.6 (67.9–73.2) |
56.9 (85.0–88.9) |
87.0 (84.9–89.0) |
| 3 |
62.0 (57.4–66.6) |
74.7 (70.5–78.9) |
51.9 (47.2–56.6) |
70.0 (65.6–74.7) |
86.2 (82.9–89.4) |
84.6 (80.8–88.5) |
| 4 |
63.1 (57.9–68.2) |
72.0 (67.5–76.5) |
58.3 (53.0–63.5) |
73.6 (69.3–78.0) |
88.0 (84.4–91.6) |
88.4 (85.3–94.5) |
| ≥5 |
70.4 (65.1–75.8) |
75.2 (70.2–80.2) |
58.9 (53.0–64.7) |
69.7 (64.3–75.1) |
86.0 (82.0–90.1) |
85.1 (80.7–89.6) |
|
Marital
status
| ||||||
| Married/Living with
partner |
63.3 (61.2–65.4) |
75.7 (73.9–77.6) |
55.9 (53.7–58.1) |
72.3 (70.4–74.2) |
87.9 (86.4–89.3) |
86.9 (85.4–88.5) |
| Single | 61.9 (58.4–65.3) | 72.2 (69.0–75.4) | 54.1 (50.6–57.7) | 67.9 (64.5–71.3) | 84.3 (81.7–86.8) | 83.7 (80.9–86.5) |
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; NH = non-Hispanic.
* Surveys were conducted during October 8–22, 2019 (N = 3,624), and June 10–25, 2020 (N = 4,053).
† Health status was self-reported. Participants answered the question, “In general, would you say your health is…?” and were instructed to choose one answer.
§ Work status was defined as working (as a paid employee or self-employed); not working (looking for work, on temporary layoff from a job, disabled, or other); and not working, retired.
¶ Metro status was defined by U.S. Office of Management and Budget core-based statistical area.