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. 2020 Nov 4;20:1650. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09759-2

Table 1.

Participant characteristics by compliance with stay at home orders (n = 1073)

Total good compliance Poor compliance 2 test, df) or
z-score, P-value
N (%) or
median (IQR)
N (%) or
median (IQR)
N (%) or
median (IQR)
Overall sample 1073 (100) 853 (79.5) 220 (20.50)
Age (year) 38 (30,51) 39 (30,52) 36 (30,48)

1.88

P = .059

Gender
 Female 547 (50.98) 472 (43.99) 75 (6.99)

(31.58,1)

P < .001

 Male 526 (49.02) 381 (35.51) 145 (13.51)
Marital status
 Married/couple 826 (76.98) 647 (60.30) 179 (16.68) (4.98,2), P = 0.08
 Single 181 (16.87) 147 (13.70) 34 (3.17)
 Divorced/Separated/Widowed 66 (6.15) 59 (5.50) 7 (0.65)
Education
 Illiterate 58 (5.41) 54 (5.03) 4 (0.37) (17.42,5), p < .05
 Primary education 144 (13.42) 127 (11.84) 17 (1.58)
secondary education 155 (14.44) 117 (10.90) 38 (3.54)
 Post-secondary non-tertiary education 379 (35.32) 290 (27.03) 89 (8.29)
 First stage of tertiary education 282 (26.28) 220 (20.50) 62 (5.78)
 Second stage of tertiary education 55 (5.13) 45 (4.19) 10 (0.93)
Household income
 1 (Lowest level) 83 (7.74) 65 (6.06) 18 (1.68)

(0.99, 4),

P = .91

 2 289 (26.93) 230 (21.44) 59 (5.50)
 3 565 (52.66) 446 (41.57) 119 (11.09)
 4 122 (11.37) 101 (9.41) 21 (1.96)
 5 (Highest level) 14 (1.30) 11 (1.03) 3 (0.28)
Social class (subjective)
 Upper 17 (1.58) 13 (1.21) 4 (0.37) (16.74, 4), P < .05
 Upper-middle 312 (29.08) 257 (23.95) 55 (5.13)
 lower middle 383 (35.69) 282 (26.28) 101 (9.41)
 Working 206 (19.20) 179 (16.68) 27 (2.52)
 Lower 155 (14.45) 122 (11.37) 33 (3.08)
Occupation
 Housewife 376 (35.04) 329 (30.66) 47 (4.38)
 Self-employed 336 (31.31) 244 (22.47) 92 (8.57)
 Employee 128 (11.93) 85 (7.92) 43 (4.01)
 Retired 87 (8.11) 73 (6.80) 14 (1.30)
 Worker 59 (5.50) 42 (3.91) 17 (1.58) (49.98, 7), P < .001
 Student 45 (4.19) 42 (3.91) 3 (0.28)
 Unemployed 28 (2.61) 25 (2.33) 3 (0.28)
 Others 14 (1.30) 13 (1.21) 1 (0.09)
Perceived social support
 Family 20 (19,21) 20 (19,21) 20 (18,21) 3.34, P < .001
 Friends 18 (16,20) 18 (16,20) 19 (17,20) −2.77, P < .01
 Significant Other person 20 (19,21) 20 (19,21) 20 (18,21) 2.60, P < .01

P values are based on χ2 test for the categorical variables and Mann-Whitney U test for the continuous variables, df Degree of freedom