Table 2.
Current and intended infection control behaviors.
| Behaviors | Protect themselves generally (n=18,029)a, mean (SD) | Protect others if user showing symptoms (n=169) | Protect themselves if household member showing symptoms (n=319) | Protect a household member at high risk (n=1787) | ||||||||
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Mean (SD) | Mean difference (95% CI) |
Cohen db | Mean (SD) | Mean difference (95% CI) |
Cohen d | Mean (SD) | Mean difference (95% CI) |
Cohen d | ||
| Current behavior | ||||||||||||
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Social distancing | 2.39 (1.22) |
2.52 (1.39) |
0.13 (–0.07 to 0.33) |
0.11 | 2.57 (1.23) |
0.17 (0.04 to 0.31) |
0.15 | 2.51 (1.20) |
0.12 (0.06 to 0.18) |
0.10 | |
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Clean/disinfect | 3.18 (1.18) |
2.95 (1.26) |
–0.24 (–0.42 to –0.06) |
0.20 | 3.05 (1.18) |
0.17 (0.04 to 0.31) |
0.11 | 3.19 (1.17) |
0.003 (–0.05 to 0.06) |
0.00 | |
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Put aside shopping/packages | 2.74 (1.55) |
2.39 (1.48) |
–0.35 (–0.60 to –0.11) |
0.23 | 3.00 (1.49) |
0.26 (0.08 to 0.44) |
0.17 | 2.82 (1.59) |
0.08 (0.004 to 0.16) |
0.05 | |
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Self-isolate in own room | 2.79 (1.30) |
2.85 (1.43) |
0.05 (–0.15 to 0.25) |
0.04 | 2.75 (1.26) |
–0.04 (–0.19 to 0.10) |
0.03 | 2.64 (1.16) |
–0.15 (–0.21 to –0.08) |
0.11 | |
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Wear face covering | 1.63 (1.21) |
1.91 (1.36) |
0.28 (0.07 to 0.49) |
0.24 | 1.75 (1.28) |
0.12 (–0.02 to 0.27) |
0.10 | 1.42 (0.99) |
–0.21 (–0.27 to –0.14) |
0.17 | |
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Overall behavior scorec | 2.67 (0.91) |
2.61 (1.08) |
–0.05 (–0.19 to 0.08) |
0.06 | 2.68 (0.90) |
0.01 (–0.09 to 0.11) |
0.01 | 2.59 (0.80) |
–0.07 (–0.12 to –0.03) |
0.08 | |
| Intended Behavior | ||||||||||||
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Social distancing | 2.63 (1.28) |
2.79 (1.47) |
0.05 (–0.06 to 0.16)d |
0.12 | 2.88 (1.30) |
0.12 (0.05 to 0.20)d |
0.19 | 2.84 (1.27) |
0.11 (0.07 to 0.14)d |
0.16 | |
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Clean/disinfect | 3.57 (1.16) |
3.18 (1.33) |
–0.14 (–0.25 to –0.03)d |
0.33 | 3.46 (1.18) |
0.001 (–0.08 to 0.08)d |
0.09 | 3.63 (1.15) |
0.05 (0.01 to 0.08)d |
0.05 | |
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Put aside shopping/packages | 3.24 (1.52) |
2.73 (1.59) |
–0.19 (–0.34 to –0.04)d |
0.34 | 3.44 (1.41) |
–0.02 (–0.12 to 0.09)d |
0.13 | 3.37 (1.52) |
0.06 (0.01 to 0.11)d |
0.08 | |
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Self-isolate in own room | 2.94 (1.28) |
3.08 (1.41) |
0.10 (0.02 to 0.18)d |
0.12 | 2.97 (1.23) |
0.07 (0.01 to 0.13)d |
0.03 | 2.87 (1.17) |
0.06 (0.04 to 0.09)d |
0.05 | |
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Wear face covering | 1.95 (1.37) |
2.19 (1.50) |
0.03 (–0.11 to 0.17)d |
0.18 | 2.15 (1.47) |
0.08 (–0.01 to 0.18)d |
0.15 | 1.82 (1.28) |
0.08 (0.03 to 0.12)d |
0.09 | |
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Overall behavior score | 2.97 (0.96) |
2.86 (1.20) |
–0.03 (–0.12 to 0.05)d |
0.11 | 3.01 (0.96) |
0.03 (–0.03 to 0.09)d |
0.04 | 2.97 (0.89) |
0.06 (0.03 to 0.08)d |
0.00 | |
aBetween group comparisons compare each group to the protect themselves generally group. Scale: 1 is almost never, 2 is sometimes, 3 is quite often, 4 is very often, and 5 is almost always.
bReported as the standardized mean difference between each group and the comparison group.
cOverall behavior scores are means calculated from all behaviors in which a response was recorded.
dControlling for current behavior.