Table 2.
COVID-19–related knowledge and home behaviors in South Africa from April to August 2020a.
| Variable | Individual has enough knowledge (n=17,292), prevalence ratio (95% CI) | Household had any visitors (n=17,282), prevalence ratio (95% CI) | Any member left home (n=17,164), prevalence ratio (95% CI) | ||||
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AHRIb (KwaZulu-Natal) | 1.00 (N/Ac) | 1.00 (N/A) | 1.00 (N/A) | |||
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Agincourt (Mpumalanga) | 1.09 (1.07-1.11) | 2.07 (1.76-2.43) | 2.26 (2.18-2.35) | |||
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DIMAMOd (Limpopo) | 0.91 (0.88-0.95) | 1.42 (1.07-1.88) | 2.58 (2.46-2.72) | |||
| Month of interview | |||||||
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April | 0.93 (0.77-1.13) | 1.08 (0.57-2.04) | 0.76 (0.57-1.02) | |||
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May | 1.00 (N/A) | 1.00 (N/A) | 1.00 (N/A) | |||
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June | 1.32 (1.25-1.39) | 0.72 (0.59-0.88) | 1.29 (1.24-1.35) | |||
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July | 1.45 (1.38-1.52) | 0.71 (0.60-0.84) | 0.98 (0.94-1.03) | |||
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August | 1.64 (1.56-1.71) | 0.64 (0.53 0.77) | 0.91 (0.87-0.96) | |||
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September | 1.69 (1.62-1.77) | 0.69 (0.57-0.83) | 1.00 (0.95-1.04) | |||
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October | 1.71 (1.63-1.79) | 0.79 (0.65-0.96) | 1.05 (1.00-1.10) | |||
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November | 1.72 (1.64-1.80) | 0.87 (0.72-1.05) | 1.03 (0.98-1.08) | |||
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December | 1.80 (1.71-1.88) | 0.48 (0.37-0.62) | 0.98 (0.93-1.03) | |||
| Household members (per person) | |||||||
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Children | 1.00 (1.00-1.01) | 0.96 (0.91-1.01) | 1.02 (1.02-1.03) | |||
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Working-aged adults | 1.00 (1.00-1.00) | 0.99 (0.96-1.03) | 1.02 (1.01-1.02) | |||
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Pension-aged adults | 0.98 (0.96-1.00) | 1.09 (0.95-1.26) | 1.01 (0.98-1.04) | |||
| Maximum education of household members | |||||||
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Less than complete secondary education | 1.00 (N/A) | 1.00 (N/A) | 1.00 (N/A) | |||
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Complete secondary education | 1.02 (1.00-1.04) | 0.92 (0.78-1.08) | 1.00 (0.97-1.03) | |||
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Diploma/certificate/degree | 1.02 (0.98-1.06) | 1.06 (0.80-1.39) | 1.01 (0.96-1.07) | |||
| Household income sources in 2019 | |||||||
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Full-time and part-time employees | 1.01 (1.00-1.01) | 1.06 (1.01-1.11) | 1.01 (1.00-1.02) | |||
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Pension grants | 0.99 (0.97-1.01) | 0.96 (0.83 - 1.11) | 0.97 (0.94 - 1.00) | |||
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Nonpension grants | 1.00 (1.00-1.01) | 0.99 (0.94-1.04) | 0.99 (0.99-1.00) | |||
| Household asset index quintiles | 1.00 (0.99-1.01) | 0.99 (0.94-1.03) | 1.00 (1.00-1.01) | ||||
aEach column (knowledge, the number of visitors, and members leaving home) is a single Poisson regression with household-level random effects and robust SEs for calculating prevalence ratios and 95% CIs. In total, 17,384 observations have complete covariate data and 5704 observations from 1475 households have missing covariate values; 33 households surveyed by AHRI, 103 surveyed by Agincourt, and 1339 surveyed by DIMAMO are missing data. The remaining missing observations reflect missing outcome values.
bAHRI: Africa Health Research Institute.
cN/A: not applicable.
dDIMAMO: Dikgale-Mamabolo-Mothiba