Table 1.
Percentages of respondents who reported handwashing and disinfecting surfaces often to prevent coronavirus, by demographic characteristics – Spring ConsumerStyles 2020
| Characteristic | Categories | Washing hands often n (weighted %) |
Disinfecting surfaces often n (weighted %) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | – | 6013 (93.4%) | 4768 (74.0%) |
| Gender | Female | 3153 (94.5) | 2624 (78.7) |
| Male | 2860 (92.1) | 2145 (69.1) | |
| Age | 18–29 | 1194 (91.4) | 909 (69.6) |
| 30–44 | 1546 (90.1) | 1182 (73.4) | |
| 45–59 | 1546 (94.7) | 1261 (77.2) | |
| ≥ 60 | 1822 (96.4) | 1417 (74.9) | |
| Income | < $25k | 745 (86.4) | 587 (68.1) |
| $25k–$49k | 1050 (92.9) | 850 (75.2) | |
| $50k–$99k | 1977 (93.6) | 1560 (73.9) | |
| ≥ $100k | 2242 (95.9) | 1771 (75.8) | |
| Education | < High school | 550 (84.7) | 463 (71.4) |
| High school | 1662 (91.7) | 1324 (73.1) | |
| Some college | 1713 (95.0) | 1812 (76.6) | |
| ≥ Bachelor’s degree | 2088 (96.0) | 1599 (73.5) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic White | 3847 (94.0) | 2982 (72.8) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 683 (91.2) | 596 (79.6) | |
| Hispanic | 964 (92.0) | 816 (77.9) | |
| Multiracial/other | 91 (96.4) | 68 (72.7) | |
| Self-rated healtha | Excellent | 2333 (95.4) | 1874 (76.6) |
| Very good | 2237 (94.1) | 1759 (74.0) | |
| Good | 749 (90.0) | 566 (68.0) | |
| Fair | 577 (92.4) | 470 (75.3) | |
| Poor | 113 (75.2) | 96 (63.4) | |
| Regionb | Northeast | 1075 (95.4) | 865 (76.8) |
| Midwest | 1248 (93.8) | 994 (74.7) | |
| South | 2264 (92.8) | 1815 (74.4) | |
| West | 1427 (92.5) | 1094 (70.9) | |
| Metropolitan statusc | Metro | 5233 (93.7) | 4169 (74.6) |
| Non-metro | 780 (91.3) | 560 (70.2) |
aHealth status assessed by asking “In general, would you say your health is…”
bRegion categories based on U.S. Census
cMetropolitan status was defined as a core-based statistical area