Table 4. Protective behavior across various demographic variables.
Protective behavior | 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 | |
Nothing | 16.4 | 9.4 | < .004 | 23.2 | 11.3 | 13.5 | 14.4 | < .004 | 10.6 | 18.2 | < .0005 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 12.5 | 9.4 | < .03 |
Avoid crowd | 54.6 | 54.7 | < .98 | 41.1 | 57.1 | 60.5 | 51.8 | < .001 | 55.5 | 54.2 | < .49 | 59.4 | 51.2 | 55.0 | 53.6 | < .57 |
Maintain distance | 46.0 | 52.8 | < .05 | 33.1 | 47.9 | 56.2 | 56.8 | < .0005 | 46.8 | 50.2 | < .27 | 55.7 | 49.8 | 46.0 | 50.0 | < .30 |
Mouth masks | 30.3 | 30.8 | < .86 | 25.2 | 41.0 | 17.8 | 15.8 | < .0005 | 38.0 | 22.1 | < .0005 | 15.1 | 8.3 | 38.7 | 44.2 | < .0005 |
Medical consultation | 15.1 | 15.4 | < .92 | 11.9 | 22.0 | 7.0 | 8.6 | < .0005 | 20.6 | 9.6 | < .0005 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 19.6 | 29.7 | < .0005 |
Avoid regions | 42.4 | 30.2 | < .0005 | 39.7 | 39.3 | 37.8 | 34.5 | < .76 | 35.4 | 42.3 | < .02 | 39.6 | 44.9 | 36.9 | 33.3 | < .131 |
Wash hands | 60.2 | 67.3 | < .03 | 55.0 | 59.0 | 74.1 | 67.6 | < .0005 | 57.1 | 66.4 | < .002 | 68.9 | 70.7 | 60.3 | 53.6 | < .004 |
Protective behavior | 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 | ||||
Nothing | 9.2 | 20.7 | 27.7 | < .0005 | 17.0 | 20.8 | 10.8 | 5.4 | < .0005 | 5.7 | 12.9 | 33.6 | < .0005 | |||
Avoid crowd | 57.9 | 50.9 | 38.8 | < .0005 | 51.4 | 47.9 | 56.7 | 64.2 | < .003 | 61.1 | 55.9 | 36.1 | < .0005 | |||
Maintain distance | 51.3 | 46.2 | 35.1 | < .002 | 45.2 | 46.3 | 45.9 | 58.3 | < .02 | 53.9 | 50.5 | 28.6 | < .0005 | |||
Mouth masks | 35.6 | 20.8 | 9.7 | < .0005 | 27.4 | 26.3 | 32.5 | 36.8 | < .06 | 65.3 | 23.7 | 9.2 | < .0005 | |||
Medical consultation | 19.1 | 8.5 | 2.2 | < .0005 | 11.6 | 13.9 | 18.6 | 19.1 | < .06 | 34.7 | 11.9 | 4.2 | < .0005 | |||
Avoid regions | 37.6 | 40.6 | 41.0 | < .67 | 33.6 | 37.8 | 41.6 | 41.7 | < .22 | 39.9 | 36.2 | 47.9 | < .05 | |||
Wash hands | 62.6 | 62.7 | 62.5 | < .99 | 63.3 | 57.1 | 58.4 | 73.0 | < .002 | 55.4 | 65.8 | 56.3 | < .01 |
Unem, Unemployed