Table 6.

Logistic regression model of characteristics associated with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Variables	Use of PPE during transportation and walking	Use of PPE when shopping or visiting family and friends
	OR (95% CI); P	OR (95% CI); P
Women (men are referent group)	1.56 (1.05-2.32); 0.029	1.37 (0.96-1.94); 0.083
Age (years)	1.02 (1.01-1.03); 0.003	1.03 (1.01-1.04); <0.001
Education (high school is referent)
university	0.71 (0.53-0.95); 0.021	0.77 (0.58-1.02); 0.066
MSc or PhD	0.26 (0.40-0.95); 0.027	0.55 (0.37-0.83); 0.004
Healthcare workers (non-health care workers are referent)	0.64 (0.49-0.84); 0.001	0.74 (0.58-0.96); 0.023
Urbanization level (urban is referent)
semi-urban	1.25 (0.87-1.80); 0.229	1.44 (1.01-2.04); 0.043
village	1.01 (0.71-1.44); 0.938	1.05 (0.76-1.46); 0.757
Transportation (personal vehicle is referent)
public transport	4.80 (3.11-7.41); <0.001	0.97 (0.63-1.49); 0.897
walking	1.60 (1.12-2.29); 0.010	0.85 (0.60-1.20); 0.350
Chronic disease present	1.45 (0.98-2.14); 0.060	1.12 (0.76-1.65); 0.575
PPE use attitudes (total score)	1.11 (1.09-1.13); <0.001	1.12 (1.10-1.14); <0.001
PPE knowledge (total score)	0.84 (0.75-0.94); 0.002	0.93 (0.84-1.04); 0.199
Compliance with social distancing	2.88 (1.72-4.84); <0.001	3.50 (2.36-5.19); <0.001

*OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence interval.