Table 3.
Percentage of participants as per frequency of preventive practices
| Practices | Total n (%) | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | Below university n (%) |
University or post-grad. n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washing hands frequently with soap and water | Always | 1441 (76.6%) | 1083 (78.1%) | 358 (72.5%)* | 314 (74.2%) | 1127 (77.3%) |
| Often | 197 (10.5%) | 132 (9.5%) | 65 (13.2%) | 53 (12.5%) | 144 (9.9%) | |
| Occasionally | 101 (5.4%) | 67 (4.8%) | 34 (6.9%) | 24 (5.7%) | 77 (5.3%) | |
| Never | 142 (7.5%) | 105 (7.6%) | 37 (7.5%) | 32 (7.6%) | 110 (7.5%) | |
| Avoiding crowds and public places | Always | 1398 (74.3%) | 1059 (76.4%) | 339 (68.6%)** | 296 (70%) | 1102 (75.6%)** |
| Often | 215 (11.4%) | 141 (10.2%) | 74 (15%) | 54 (12.8%) | 161 (11%) | |
| Occasionally | 95 (5%) | 61 (4.4%) | 34 (6.9%) | 36 (8.5%) | 59 (4%) | |
| Never | 173 (9.2%) | 126 (9.1%) | 47 (9.5%) | 37 (8.7%) | 136 (9.3%) | |
| Using gloves | Always | 737 (39.2%) | 569 (41%) | 168 (34%)* | 175 (41.4%) | 562 (38.5%) |
| Often | 545 (29%) | 383 (27.6%) | 162 (32.8%) | 122 (28.8%) | 423 (29%) | |
| Occasionally | 405 (21.5%) | 294 (21.2%) | 111 (22.5%) | 79 (18.7%) | 326 (22.4%) | |
| Never | 194 (10.3%) | 141 (10.2%) | 53 (10.7%) | 47 (11.1%) | 147 (10.1%) | |
| Disinfecting shoes after going out | Always | 926 (49.2%) | 726 (52.3%) | 200 (40.5%)*** | 207 (48.9%) | 719 (49.3%) |
| Often | 381 (20.2%) | 281 (20.3%) | 100 (20.2%) | 95 (22.5%) | 286 (19.6%) | |
| Occasionally | 297 (15.8%) | 193 (13.9%) | 104 (21.1%) | 63 (14.9%) | 234 (16%) | |
| Never | 277 (14.7%) | 187 (13.5%) | 90 (18.2%) | 58 (13.7%) | 219 (15%) | |
| Disinfecting clothes after going out | Always | 881 (46.8%) | 707 (51%) | 174 (35.2%)*** | 218 (51.5%) | 663 (45.5%) |
| Often | 465 (24.7%) | 325 (23.4%) | 140 (28.3%) | 101 (23.9%) | 364 (25%) | |
| Occasionally | 329 (17.5%) | 220 (15.9%) | 109 (22.1%) | 57 (13.5%) | 272 (18.7%) | |
| Never | 206 (10.9%) | 135 (9.7%) | 71 (14.4%) | 47 (11.1%) | 159 (10.9%) | |
| Disinfecting money | Always | 923 (49%) | 730 (52.6%) | 193 (39.1%)*** | 212 (50.1%) | 711 (48.8%) |
| Often | 410 (21.8%) | 287 (20.7%) | 123 (24.9%) | 87 (20.6%) | 323 (22.2%) | |
| Occasionally | 271 (14.4%) | 181 (13%) | 90 (18.2%) | 61 (14.4%) | 210 (14.4%) | |
| Never | 277 (14.7%) | 189 (13.6%) | 88 (17.8%) | 63 (14.9%) | 214 (14.7%) | |
| Frequency of going out | Always | 285 (15.1%) | 149 (10.8%)*** | 136 (27.5%) | 47 (11.1%) | 238 (16.3%)** |
| Often | 282 (15%) | 174 (12.6%) | 108 (21.9%) | 53 (12.5%) | 229 (15.7%) | |
| Occasionally | 789 (41.9%) | 618 (44.6%) | 171 (34.6%) | 170 (40.2%) | 619 (42.5%) | |
| Never | 522 (27.7%) | 444 (32.1%) | 78 (15.8%) | 153 (36.2%) | 369 (25.3%) | |
| Disinfecting food | Always | 1250 (66.4%) | 965 (69.6%)*** | 285 (57.7%) | 266 (62.9%) | 984 (67.5%) |
| Often | N/A | |||||
| Occasionally | 488 (25%) | 330 (23.8%) | 158 (32%) | 115 (27.2%) | 373 (25.6%) | |
| Never | 142 (7.5%) | 92 (6.6%) | 50 (10.1%) | 42 (9.9%) | 100 (6.9%) | |
| Eating raw meat | Always | 121 (6.4%) | 70 (5%)*** | 51 (10.3%) | 44 (10.4%) | 77 (5.3%)** |
| Often | 1568 (83.3%) | 1190 (85.8%) | 378 (%76.5) | 329 (77.8%) | 1239 (85%) | |
| Occasionally | 191 (10.1%) | 127 (9.2%) | 64 (13%) | 50 (11.8%) | 141 (9.7%) | |
| Never | 1568 (83.3%) | 0 | 1 (0.2%) | 0 | 1 (0.1%) |
N/A not available
* p-value < 0.05; ** p-value < 0.01; *** p-value ≤0.001