Table 4.
Perception level of COVID-19 by demographic variable and knowledge source.
| Variables | Basic COVID-19 preventive perception | Identified the misleading information | |||
| B | ORa (95% CI) | B | OR (95% CI) | ||
| Areas (reference: Eastern China) | |||||
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Central China | –0.342b | 0.71 (0.51-1.00) | 0.083 | 1.09 (0.89-1.32) |
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Western China | –0.200 | 0.82 (0.56-1.20) | 0.071 | 1.07 (0.86-1.34) |
| Living in a rural area (reference: urban area) | –0.228 | 0.80 (0.59-1.09) | 0.240b | 1.27 (1.05-1.54) | |
| Living alone (reference: living with others) | –0.373 | 0.69 (0.45-1.06) | 0.202 | 1.22 (0.90-1.67) | |
| Age, years (reference: ≤20) | |||||
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21-40 | 0.651b | 1.92 (1.06-3.48) | 0.121 | 1.13 (0.76-1.67) |
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41-60 | 0.926c | 2.53 (1.25-5.12) | –0.009 | 0.99 (0.63-1.56) |
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>60 | 0.203 | 1.23 (0.55-2.74) | –0.041 | 0.96 (0.56-1.63) |
| Female (reference: male) | 0.214 | 1.24 (0.95-1.61) | –0.174b | 0.84 (0.72-0.99) | |
| Marital status (reference: unmarried) | |||||
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Married or remarried | –0.574b | 0.56 (0.32-0.98) | 0.001 | 1.00 (0.72-1.39) |
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Divorced or widowed but not remarried | –0.966c | 0.38 (0.18-0.79) | –0.119 | 0.89 (0.55-1.42) |
| Occupation (reference: seeking employment) | |||||
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Not working (not able to work) | 0.205 | 1.23 (0.63-2.40) | 0.090 | 1.09 (0.69-1.73) |
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Self-employed | 0.260 | 1.30 (0.72-2.32) | 0.050 | 1.05 (0.72-1.52) |
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Staff member in a government or public institution | 0.821b | 2.27 (1.11-4.65) | –0.061 | 0.94 (0.64-1.39) |
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Farmer, fisherman, or herdsman | 0.138 | 1.15 (0.61-2.16) | –0.160 | 0.85 (0.56-1.31) |
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Retired | 0.691 | 2.00 (0.99-4.05) | 0.127 | 1.14 (0.73-1.76) |
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Student | 0.639 | 1.90 (0.92-3.90) | 0.79c | 2.21 (1.41-3.46) |
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Staff member in a big company | 0.365 | 1.44 (0.67-3.12) | 0.118 | 1.13 (0.71-1.78) |
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Staff member in a small or medium company | 0.604 | 1.83 (0.92-3.63) | 0.387 | 1.47 (0.98-2.22) |
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Other | 0.640 | 1.90 (0.98-3.68) | 0.402 | 1.50 (0.99-2.26) |
| Household income in 2019, RMB (reference: <100,000 RMB) | |||||
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100,000-200,000 | 0.397b | 1.49 (1.08-2.05) | 0.274b | 1.31 (1.09-1.59) |
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200,000-300,000 | 0.228 | 1.26 (0.77-2.05) | 0.247 | 1.28 (0.97-1.69) |
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300,000-400,000 | –0.21 | 0.81 (0.41-1.62) | 0.466 | 1.59 (0.99-2.57) |
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>400,000 | –0.082 | 0.92 (0.46-1.84) | 0.208 | 1.23 (0.81-1.88) |
| Education, years (reference: ≤6 years) | |||||
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7-9 | 0.326 | 1.39 (0.91-2.10) | –0.038 | 0.96 (0.73-1.26) |
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10-12 | 0.208 | 1.23 (0.79-1.92) | –0.146 | 0.86 (0.65-1.15) |
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13-16 | 0.38 | 1.46 (0.89-2.40) | 0.117 | 1.12 (0.82-1.54) |
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>16 | 1.294b | 3.65 (1.17-11.34) | 0.774c | 2.17 (1.21-3.89) |
| Number of other diseases (reference: 0) | |||||
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1 | 0.625c | 1.87 (1.21-2.88) | –0.040 | 0.96 (0.76-1.21) |
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2 | 0.145 | 1.16 (0.67-2.00) | –0.239 | 0.79 (0.57-1.09) |
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>2 | 0.079 | 1.08 (0.64-1.84) | –0.601c | 0.55 (0.39-0.77) |
| Number of suspected symptoms (reference: 0) | |||||
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1 | –0.097 | 0.91 (0.55-1.51) | 0.494c | 1.64 (1.17-2.30) |
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2 | 0.486 | 1.63 (0.77-3.45) | 0.288 | 1.33 (0.91-1.96) |
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>2 | –0.294 | 0.75 (0.43-1.30) | –0.057 | 0.95 (0.66-1.35) |
| Number of COVID-19 information sources (reference: 0) | |||||
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1 | 0.750b | 2.12 (1.14-3.93) | 0.443b | 1.56 (1.07-2.27) |
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2 | 0.396 | 1.49 (0.86-2.56) | 0.219 | 1.25 (0.87-1.78) |
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3 | 0.695b | 2.01 (1.10-3.65) | 0.294 | 1.34 (0.92-1.95) |
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4 | 0.911c | 2.49 (1.38-4.50) | 0.434b | 1.54 (1.05-2.26) |
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5 | 0.795c | 2.25 (1.19-4.14) | 0.911c | 2.49 (1.59-3.90) |
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6 | 1.074c | 2.93 (1.47-5.81) | 0.764c | 2.15 (1.36-3.40) |
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7 | 0.993c | 2.70 (1.30-5.59) | 0.433 | 1.54 (0.94-2.54) |
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8 | 0.804b | 2.24 (1.07-4.68) | 0.297 | 1.35 (0.79-2.30) |
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9 | 1.449c | 4.26 (1.41-12.88) | 0.662 | 1.94 (0.95-3.95) |
| Knowledge source | |||||
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Phone message or call | 0.346 | 1.41 (0.94-2.13) | 0.037 | 1.04 (0.82-1.31) |
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Suggestions from experts | 0.28 | 1.32 (0.84-2.09) | 0.322b | 1.38 (1.03-1.84) |
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Video on social media | –0.404 | 0.67 (0.40-1.11) | –0.589c | 0.55 (0.41-0.74) |
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Opinions on social media | –0.252 | 0.78 (0.47-1.30) | –0.038 | 0.96 (0.72-1.29) |
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Newspapers | -0.156 | 0.86 (0.54-1.36) | 0.192 | 1.21 (0.93-1.58) |
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Television | 0.683c | 1.98 (1.31-2.99) | –0.056 | 0.95 (0.74-1.21) |
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Friends | –0.169 | 0.85 (0.54-1.33) | 0.095 | 1.10 (0.84-1.43) |
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Patient's experience | –0.45 | 0.64 (0.34-1.19) | –0.248 | 0.78 (0.53-1.16) |
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Family | –0.217 | 0.81 (0.55-1.18) | –0.073 | 0.93 (0.74-1.16) |
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Own COVID-19 experience | –0.522 | 0.59 (0.32-1.12) | 0.165 | 1.18 (0.77-1.82) |
| Constant | 1.108 | 3.03 | 0.874 | 2.40 | |
aOR: odds ratio.
bP<.05.
cP<.001.