Table 5.
The percentage distribution of the protection measures and hygienic practices during the pandemic.
| Statement | Frequency | Lebanon |
Jordan |
Tunisia |
TOTAL N (%)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%)a | N (%)a | N (%)a | |||
| Dispose of all food and ready-to-eat foods shopping bags | Never | 30 (8.7)a | 33 (8.1%)b | 11 (3.5%) ab | 74 (7.0) |
| Rarely | 23 (6.7) | 42 (10.3%) | 17 (5.4) | 82 (7.7) | |
| Sometimes | 55 (16.0) | 77 (18.9%) | 72 (23.0) | 204 (19.2) | |
| Often | 91 (26.6)a | 140 (34.4%) | 132 (42.0)a | 363 (31.1) | |
| Always | 144 (42.0) ab | 115 (28.3)a | 82 (26.1)b | 341 (32.0) | |
| Total N | 343 (32.2) | 407 (38.3) | 314 (29.5) | 1064 | |
| Dispose of all boxes, packages, and covers of food | Never | 15 (4.4) | 21 (5.2) | 9 (3.0) | 45 (4.3) |
| Rarely | 21 (6.1) | 39 (9.7) | 20 (6.6) | 80 (7.6) | |
| Sometimes | 43 (12.6) ab | 77 (19.1)a | 62 (20.3)b | 182 (17.3) | |
| Often | 85 (24.9)a | 135 (33.4)a | 137 (44.9)a | 357 (34.0) | |
| Always | 178 (52.0) ab | 132 (32.7)a | 77 (25.2)b | 387 (36.8) | |
| Total N | 342 (32.5) | 404 (38.4) | 305 (29.1) | 1051 | |
| Disinfection of food packaging before storing at home | Never | 14 (4.1)a | 31 (7.7) | 28a (9.0) | 73 (6.9) |
| Rarely | 15 (4.4)ab | 36 (8.9)a | 33 (10.5)b | 84 (7.9) | |
| Sometimes | 29 (8.5)ab | 72 (17.8)a | 63 (20.1)b | 164 (15.5) | |
| Often | 75 (21.9)ab | 125 (30.9)a | 103 (32.9)b | 303 (28.6) | |
| Always | 210 (61.2) ab | 140 (34.7)a | 86 (27.5)b | 436 (41.1) | |
| Total N | 343 (32.4) | 404 (38.1) | 313 (29.5) | 1060 | |
| Washing hands after touching food bags or packages | Never | 2 (0.6)a | 16 (3.9) ab | 3 (1.0)b | 21 (2.0) |
| Rarely | 5 (1.5)a | 19 (4.7)a | 10 (3.2) | 34 (3.2) | |
| Sometimes | 9 (2.6)ab | 34 (8.4)a | 38b (12.2) | 81 (7.7) | |
| Often | 51 (14.9)ab | 137 (33.7)a | 127 (41.0)b | 315 (29.8) | |
| Always | 275 (80.4) ab | 200 (49.3)b | 132 (42.6)b | 607 (57.3) | |
| Total N | 342 (32.3) | 406 (38.4) | 310 (29.3) | 1058 | |
| Washing hands after returning home | Never | 1 (0.3)a | 16 (4.0) ab | 2 (0.6)b | 19 (1.8) |
| Rarely | 2 (0.6) | 9 (2.2) | 7 (2.2) | 18 (1.7) | |
| Sometimes | 8 (2.4)ab | 28 (6.9)a | 29 (9.3)b | 65 (6.1) | |
| Often | 49 (14.4) | 137 (33.9)a | 122 (39.0)a | 308 (29.2) | |
| Always | 279 (82.3) ab | 214 (53.0)a | 153 (48.9)b | 646 (61.2) | |
| Total N | 339 (32.1) | 404 (38.3) | 313 (29.6) | 1056 | |
| Washing hands before preparing food | Never | 2 (0.6)a | 18 (4.4) ab | 3 (1.0)b | 23 (2.2) |
| Rarely | 0 (0.0) | 13 (3.2) | 4 (1.3) | 17 (1.6) | |
| Sometimes | 10 (2.9) ab | 35 (8.6)a | 28 (9.1)b | 73 (6.9) | |
| Often | 52 (15.2) ab | 131 (32.3)a | 121 (39.1)b | 304 (28.8) | |
| Always | 278 (81.3) ab | 209 (51.5)a | 153 (49.5)b | 640 (60.5) | |
| Total N | 342 (32.4) | 406 (38.4) | 309 (29.2) | 1057 |
Values in the same row with similar superscript are significantly different (p < 0.05).
a
% of the total respondents in each country.
b
% of the total sample size N of the three countries.