Table 2. Odds ratios for age and other factors related to preventive personal behaviors: Wave 1 (03/10/20-03/31/20), wave 2 (04/01/20-04/28/20) and wave 4 (04/29/20-05/26/20).
Wore mask | Washed hands | Canceled personal/social activities | Avoided high-risk people | Avoided public places | Avoided restaurants | |||||||
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OR | P | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | |
Age (18–34 years as reference) | ||||||||||||
35–54 | 0.98 | 0.946 | 0.98 | 0.950 | 0.97 | 0.859 | 1.04 | 0.813 | 1.16 | 0.405 | 1.18 | 0.385 |
55–64 | 0.73 | 0.344 | 1.27 | 0.449 | 0.73 | 0.103 | 0.98 | 0.917 | 0.96 | 0.850 | 1.02 | 0.917 |
65+ | 0.73 | 0.370 | 1.45 | 0.247 | 0.90 | 0.577 | 0.95 | 0.813 | 1.06 | 0.798 | 0.80 | 0.301 |
Wave (wave 1 as reference) | ||||||||||||
Wave 2 | 28.33 | < .001 | 4.14 | < .001 | 10.57 | < .001 | 15.37 | < .001 | 19.25 | < .001 | 29.77 | < .001 |
Wave 4 | 410.96 | < .001 | 1.03 | 0.929 | 2.29 | < .001 | 6.42 | < .001 | 7.68 | < .001 | 12.35 | < .001 |
Age*wave interaction | ||||||||||||
Age 35–54*wave 2 | 1.50 | 0.244 | 1.29 | 0.588 | 1.13 | 0.613 | 1.02 | 0.951 | 1.17 | 0.616 | 1.18 | 0.590 |
Age 35–54*wave 4 | 1.21 | 0.646 | 2.74 | 0.009 | 1.14 | 0.541 | 1.22 | 0.466 | 1.34 | 0.292 | 1.44 | 0.165 |
Age 55–64*wave 2 | 3.16 | 0.002 | 2.66 | 0.064 | 1.56 | 0.105 | 1.23 | 0.519 | 3.00 | 0.002 | 3.19 | < .001 |
Age 55–64*wave 4 | 3.64 | 0.002 | 4.73 | 0.001 | 2.08 | 0.002 | 1.44 | 0.229 | 2.96 | < .001 | 3.01 | < .001 |
Age 65+*wave 2 | 3.05 | 0.004 | 1.20 | 0.726 | 1.47 | 0.133 | 1.35 | 0.346 | 3.37 | 0.001 | 7.23 | < .001 |
Age 65+*wave 4 | 3.94 | 0.002 | 3.90 | 0.002 | 1.66 | 0.028 | 1.98 | 0.021 | 2.90 | 0.001 | 6.85 | < .001 |
Female | 1.42 | < .001 | 2.61 | < .001 | 1.30 | < .001 | 1.30 | 0.002 | 1.31 | 0.003 | 1.26 | 0.005 |
Living alone | 0.91 | 0.451 | 0.65 | 0.018 | 0.81 | 0.029 | 0.89 | 0.308 | 0.77 | 0.037 | 0.87 | 0.239 |
Race/ethnicity (white as reference) | ||||||||||||
Black | 4.66 | < .001 | 3.39 | < .001 | 1.66 | 0.001 | 2.09 | < .001 | 1.73 | 0.005 | 2.07 | < .001 |
Hispanic | 2.12 | < .001 | 3.59 | < .001 | 2.20 | < .001 | 1.70 | 0.003 | 2.13 | < .001 | 1.83 | < .001 |
Asian | 3.26 | < .001 | 1.58 | 0.278 | 1.94 | 0.001 | 1.38 | 0.219 | 3.03 | < .001 | 3.40 | < .001 |
Other | 1.73 | 0.011 | 1.54 | 0.194 | 1.12 | 0.525 | 1.39 | 0.176 | 1.09 | 0.725 | 1.15 | 0.561 |
Education (16+ years as reference) | ||||||||||||
13–15 years | 0.92 | 0.542 | 1.04 | 0.844 | 1.09 | 0.431 | 0.96 | 0.767 | 1.21 | 0.189 | 1.14 | 0.311 |
12 years | 1.02 | 0.867 | 0.88 | 0.545 | 0.77 | 0.011 | 0.85 | 0.211 | 0.70 | 0.010 | 0.86 | 0.252 |
0–11 years | 0.65 | 0.008 | 0.74 | 0.219 | 0.64 | 0.000 | 0.95 | 0.747 | 0.72 | 0.039 | 0.87 | 0.359 |
Number of chronic conditions | 1.12 | 0.005 | 1.14 | 0.026 | 0.96 | 0.185 | 1.00 | 0.930 | 1.04 | 0.323 | 0.99 | 0.828 |
Currently having a job | 1.50 | 0.001 | 1.51 | 0.022 | 0.93 | 0.436 | 0.80 | 0.044 | 0.76 | 0.018 | 0.73 | 0.005 |
In poverty | 1.07 | 0.687 | 0.65 | 0.053 | 0.89 | 0.370 | 0.88 | 0.400 | 0.87 | 0.425 | 0.91 | 0.570 |
Number of COVID-19 cases in the state of residence (per 1,000) | 1.01 | 0.004 | 1.00 | 0.397 | 1.00 | 0.836 | 1.00 | 0.677 | 1.00 | 0.477 | 1.00 | 0.054 |
Political inclination (equal trust or no trust as reference) | ||||||||||||
Trust Fox news more | 0.87 | 0.278 | 1.08 | 0.690 | 0.92 | 0.408 | 0.87 | 0.236 | 0.91 | 0.418 | 0.72 | 0.006 |
Trust CNN more | 1.48 | < .001 | 1.63 | 0.006 | 1.28 | 0.003 | 1.21 | 0.063 | 1.63 | < .001 | 1.51 | < .001 |
Perceived risk for infection | 1.01 | 0.001 | 1.00 | 0.423 | 1.01 | 0.001 | 1.01 | 0.016 | 1.01 | 0.007 | 1.01 | 0.008 |
Perceived risk for dying | 1.00 | 0.097 | 1.01 | < .001 | 1.01 | < .001 | 1.01 | < .001 | 1.01 | < .001 | 1.01 | 0.001 |
N | 4,825 | 4,825 | 4,805 | 4,690 | 4,812 | 4,812 | ||||||
Wald χ2 | 839.43 | 266.48 | 886.36 | 683.70 | 785.00 | 931.79 | ||||||
Prob > χ2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | ||||||
Log pseudolikelihood | -5544.50 | -2803.69 | -7711.72 | -5971.95 | -5581.58 | -5979.43 |