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. 2020 Nov 4;15(11):e0240399. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240399

Table 3. Associations between thinking you have had COVID-19 and correct identification of most common symptoms of COVID-19; and adherence to social distancing measures (shopping for groceries/pharmacy, shopping for items other than groceries/pharmacy, and meeting up with friends and/or family who do not live with you; binary outcomes).

Thinks have had COVID-19? Self-reported behaviour n (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Shopping for groceries/pharmacy
On one or fewer days in the last week n = 2389 On two or more days in the last week n = 3760
No 1701 (36.5) 2955 (63.5) Reference Reference
Yes 688 (46.1) 805 (53.9) 0.67 (0.60 to 0.76)* 0.78 (0.69 to 0.89)*
Shopping for items other than groceries/pharmacy
Not at all in the last week n = 1833 On one or more days in the last week n = 4316
No 1156 (24.8) 3500 (75.2) Reference Reference
Yes 677 (45.3) 816 (54.7) 0.40 (0.35 to 0.45)* 0.51 (0.44 to 0.58)*
Meeting up with friends or family
Not at all in the last week n = 5271 On one or more days in the last week n = 878
No 4200 (90.2) 456 (9.8) Reference Reference
Yes 1071 (71.7) 422 (28.3) 0.28 (0.24 to 0.32)* 0.36 (0.30 to 0.43)*
Correct identification of cough and fever
Did not correctly identify common symptoms n = 2390 Correctly identified common symptoms n = 3632
No 1644 (36.0) 2927 (64.0) Reference Reference
Yes 746 (51.4) 705 (48.6) 0.53 (0.47 to 0.59)* 0.61 (0.54 to 0.69)*

*p≤.005.

†Adjusting for all social and demographic characteristics and experimental condition.