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. 2021 Jan 7;16(1):e0244534. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244534

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