Table 5.

t-test results to explore the differences in abiding by the COVID-19 preventive practices between different subgroups of the survey respondents.

Test no.	Independent variable	Group	N	Mean	STD	t-value	Sig.
1	Social distance	Female having child	4129	0.670	0.172	6.702	0.000
		Male having child	4241	0.644	0.187
2		Female not having child	1479	0.711	0.154	7.521	0.000
		Male not having child	1493	0.665	0.178
3	Personal protection behaviour	Female having child	4129	0.690	0.162	16.645	0.000
		Male having child	4241	0.628	0.178
4		Female not having child	1479	0.712	0.156	8.675	0.000
		Male not having child	1493	0.661	0.174
5	Social responsibility awareness	Female having child	4129	0.543	0.165	8.226	0.000
		Male having child	4241	0.512	0.174
6		Female not having child	1479	0.563	0.166	3.419	0.001
		Male not having child	1493	0.542	0.178