Table 5.
Characteristics of respondents reporting the availability or unavailability of masks
| Total (n=4649) | Masks are available (n=4533) | Masks are not available (n=294) | χ2 | P | |
| Gender | 7.292 | 0.007 | |||
| Male | 1560 (32.3) | 1444 (92.6) | 116 (7.4) | ||
| Female | 3267 (67.7) | 3089 (94.6) | 178 (5.4) | ||
| Age (years) | 19.154 | 0.001 | |||
| ˂20 | 256 (5.3) | 234 (91.4) | 22 (8.6) | ||
| 21–30 | 2312 (47.9) | 2145 (92.8) | 167 (7.2) | ||
| 31–40 | 1288 (26.7) | 1236 (96.0) | 52 (4.0) | ||
| 41–50 | 749 (15.5) | 705 (94.1) | 44 (5.9) | ||
| ˃51 | 222 (4.6) | 213 (95.9) | 9 (4.1) | ||
| Education | 1.832 | 0.608 | |||
| Middle school | 257 (5.3) | 240 (93.4) | 17 (6.6) | ||
| High School | 782 (16.2) | 742 (94.9) | 40 (5.1) | ||
| College | 3002 (62.2) | 2817 (93.8) | 185 (6.2) | ||
| Master’s degree | 786 (16.3) | 734 (93.4) | 52 (6.6) | ||
| Marital status | 27.955 | <0.001 | |||
| Married | 2607 (54.0) | 2492 (95.5) | 115 (4.4) | ||
| Not married | 2220 (46.0) | 2041 (91.9) | 179 (8.1) | ||
| Occupation | 0.794 | 0.373 | |||
| Healthcare worker | 251 (5.2) | 239 (95.2) | 12 (4.8) | ||
| Other | 4576 (94.5) | 4294 (93.8) | 282 (6.2) | ||
| Province | 0.508 | 0.476 | |||
| Hubei | 130 (2.7) | 124 (95.4) | 6 (4.6) | ||
| Other | 4697 (97.3) | 4409 (93.9) | 288 (6.1) | ||
| Area | 33.838 | <0.001 | |||
| Urban | 3920 (81.25) | 3719 (94.9) | 201 (5.1) | ||
| Rural | 907 (18.8) | 814 (89.7) | 93 (10.3) | ||
| Community COVID-19 epidemic | 1.822 | 0.610 | |||
| No COVID-19 cases | 3707 (76.80) | 3488 (94.1) | 219 (5.9) | ||
| Under medical observation | 404 (8.37) | 376 (93.1) | 28 (6.9) | ||
| Suspected case | 262 (5.43) | 242 (92.4) | 20 (7.6) | ||
| Confirmed case | 454 (9.41) | 427 (94.1) | 27 (5.9) | ||