Table 2. Attitudes towards COVID-19 across various demographic variables.
| Gender (% agree) (M = Male, F = Female | Age (years) (% agree) | Marital status (% agree) (M = married, S = single) | Education (% agree) | |||||||||||||
| M | F | p | 18–24 | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45+ | p | M | S | p | 0–12 years | 13–15 years | BA | MA+ | p | |
| Proactive | ||||||||||||||||
| Extra measures needed | 57.5 | 59.7 | < .53 | 44.4 | 54.4 | 73.5 | 66.9 | < .0005 | 54.1 | 61.6 | < .02 | 67.0 | 62.9 | 55.4 | 55.8 | < .07 |
| Measure too drastic | 17.8 | 23.9 | < .02 | 19.2 | 26.4 | 11.4 | 8.6 | < .0005 | 27.4 | 13.2 | < .0005 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 24.0 | 32.6 | < .0005 |
| Overestimation | ||||||||||||||||
| Threat exaggerated | 40.3 | 42.1 | < .62 | 47.0 | 44.1 | 35.1 | 30.2 | < .004 | 43.5 | 37.9 | < .09 | 28.3 | 42.9 | 41.9 | 43.5 | < .05 |
| Will not be as bad | 30.4 | 31.1 | < .44 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 29.2 | 27.3 | < .73 | 31.2 | 30.5 | < .44 | 27.4 | 32.7 | 29.2 | 34.8 | < .46 |
| Passivity | ||||||||||||||||
| Nothing we can do | 15.6 | 18.2 | < .30 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 12.4 | 10.8 | < .05 | 21.4 | 12.7 | < .0005 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 17.1 | 25.4 | < .002 |
| Powerless | 17.0 | 19.5 | < .20 | 11.9 | 24.7 | 9.2 | 11.5 | < .0005 | 22.7 | 12.3 | < .0005 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 20.8 | 26.8 | < .0005 |
| Accept it | 30.1 | 33.0 | < .20 | 25.2 | 31.6 | 35.7 | 30.2 | < .22 | 35.8 | 24.8 | < .0005 | 27.4 | 31.2 | 29.4 | 40.6 | < .07 |
| Avoidance | ||||||||||||||||
| Move to place w/o CV | 18.0 | 17.9 | < .53 | 11.3 | 26.4 | 7.6 | 10.1 | < .0005 | 25.8 | 11.0 | < .0005 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 22.4 | 33.3 | < .0005 |
| Stay indoors | 29.3 | 32.7 | < .16 | 15.9 | 33.3 | 31.9 | 33.8 | < .0005 | 33.5 | 25.7 | < .01 | 25.5 | 25.4 | 31.0 | 39.1 | < .03 |
| Employment (% agree) | Time (% agree) | Continent (% agree) | ||||||||||||||
| Full | Part | Unem | p | Mar. 2–6 | Mar. 7–8 | Mar. 9–11 | Mar. 12–13 | p | Asia | N. America | Europe | p | ||||
| Proactive | ||||||||||||||||
| Extra measures needed | 58.8 | 61.3 | 53.7 | < .45 | 66.8 | 51.7 | 59.7 | 54.4 | < .003 | 50.8 | 64.0 | 40.3 | < .0005 | |||
| Measure too drastic | 22.9 | 13.2 | 8.2 | < .0005 | 13.5 | 20.5 | 26.0 | 19.6 | < .007 | 39.4 | 15.9 | 8.4 | < .0005 | |||
| Overestimation | ||||||||||||||||
| Threat exaggerated | 40.3 | 41.5 | 43.3 | < .78 | 35.9 | 43.6 | 47.2 | 36.3 | < .03 | 48.2 | 36.8 | 50.4 | < .001 | |||
| Will not be as bad | 31.4 | 29.2 | 26.9 | < .55 | 32.8 | 29.7 | 36.4 | 22.1 | < .01 | 26.4 | 31.8 | 30.3 | < .36 | |||
| Passivity | ||||||||||||||||
| Nothing we can do | 18.5 | 12.3 | 8.2 | < .006 | 10.8 | 17.4 | 23.4 | 14.2 | < .002 | 26.9 | 14.5 | 9.2 | < .0005 | |||
| Powerless | 20.9 | 12.3 | 5.2 | < .0005 | 14.3 | 17.8 | 21.2 | 18.1 | < .26 | 35.2 | 15.0 | 4.2 | < .0005 | |||
| Accept it | 33.1 | 31.1 | 20.9 | < .02 | 29.0 | 29.3 | 30.7 | 36.8 | < .26 | 36.8 | 32.4 | 15.1 | < .0005 | |||
| Avoidance | ||||||||||||||||
| Move to place w/o CV | 22.2 | 8.5 | 3.0 | < .0005 | 15.1 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 20.1 | < .52 | 43.0 | 12.8 | 5.0 | < .0005 | |||
| Stay indoors | 33.7 | 24.5 | 17.2 | < .0005 | 23.2 | 26.6 | 32.9 | 41.2 | < .0005 | 39.9 | 31.8 | 6.7 | < .0005 | |||
Unem, Unemployed