Table 1. Participants’ profile and proportions of participants on adherence to self-protective behaviors (N = 400) .

Study Variables	Participant’s profile	Wearing facemask	Hand hygiene	Social distancing	Disinfecting surfaces
	400 (100%)	279 (70%)	366 (91%)	353 (88%)	280 (70%)
Gender
Female	203 (51%)	142 (70%)	187 (92%)	187 (92%)**	150 (74%)*
Male	197 (49%)	137 (70%)	179 (90%)	166 (84%)	130 (66%)
Age categories (year)
15-24	64 (16%)	42 (66%)	61 (95%)	58 (91%)	44 (69%)
25-34	105 (26%)	71 (67%)	91 (87%)	88 (84%)	73 (69%)
35-44	138 (35%)	100 (72%)	131 (95%)	126 (91%)	97 (70%)
≥45	93 (23%)	66 (71%)	83 (89%)	81 (87%)	66 (71%)
Education
Secondary	56 (14%)	35 (62%)	48 (86%)	47 (84%)	35 (62%)
College	93 (23%)	75 (80%)*	85 (91%)	84 (90%)	76 (81%)*
University	251 (63%)	169 (67%)	233 (93%)	222 (88%)	169 (67%)
Profession
Student	43 (11%)	32 (74%)	43 (100%)	37 (86%)	27 (63%)
Teacher	78 (20%)	57 (73%)	69 (88%)	67 (86%)	48 (61%)
Healthcare worker	65 (16%)	45 (69%)	61 (94%)	60 (92%)	58 (89%)
Housewives	84 (21%)	47 (56%)	71 (85%)	79 (94%)	50 (60%)
Business	44 (11%)	38 (87%)**	42 (95%)*	40 (91%)	40 (91%)***
Administrative /Govt. jobs	86 (22%)	60 (70%)	80 (93%)	70 (81%)	57 (66%)
Marital Status
Not Married	122 (30%)	77 (63%)	107 (88%)	100 (82%)	81 (66%)
Married	278 (70%)	202 (72%)*	259 (93%)	253 (91%)**	199 (71%)
Number of children
No child	129 (32%)	86 (67%)	114 (88%)	107 (83%)	91 (70%)
1	19 (12%)	26 (53%)	44 (90%)	40 (81%)	30 (1%)
2-4	101 (26%)	75 (74%)	94 (93%)	92 (91%)	74 (73%)
> 4	121 (30%)	92 (76%)**	114 (94%)	114 (94%)**	85 (70%)
Travel in the past 2 months
Yes	132 (33%)	97 (73%)*	126 (96%)*	118 (89%)	102 (77%)*
No	268 (67%)	182 (68%)	240 (89%)	235 (88%)	178 (66%)

P value significance ***P < 0.001; ** P <0.01; * P <0.05