Table 3.
Beliefs Regarding Efficacy of, and Willingness to Follow, CDC Recommendations
| Social Isolation Belief vs Follow | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 5,943 ICC (95% CI) 0.68 (0.65, 0.71) | Will You Follow Social Isolation, Even if You Have No Symptoms (Avoiding Large Crowds)? | ||||||||
| Missing | Certainly Not | Probably Not | Maybe | Probably Yes | Most Certainly | Total | |||
| Do you think that social isolation, even if you have no symptoms (avoiding large crowds), will decrease the spread of COVID-19 in your community? | Missing | 5 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (0.1) | 58 (1.0) | 73 (1.2) | |
| Certainly not | 0 (0.0) | 7 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 2 (0.0) | 2 (0.0) | 4 (0.1) | 18 (0.3) | ||
| Probably not | 0 (0.0) | 8 (0.1) | 12 (0.2) | 21 (0.4) | 15 (0.3) | 9 (0.2) | 65 (1.1) | ||
| Maybe | 4 (0.1) | 7 (0.1) | 18 (0.3) | 54 (0.9) | 121 (2.0) | 83 (1.4) | 287 (4.8) | ||
| Probably yes | 11 (0.2) | 6 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) | 45 (0.8) | 478 (8.0) | 773 (13.0) | 1,317 (22.1) | ||
| Most certainly | 35 (0.6) | 10 (0.2) | 7 (0.1) | 21 (0.4) | 238 (4.0) | 3,877 (65.2) | 4,188 (70.4) | ||
| Total | 55 (0.9) | 39 (0.7) | 45 (0.8) | 143 (2.4) | 862 (14.5) | 4,804 (80.8) | 5,948 | ||
| Related Qualitative Themes & Quotes | |||||||||
| Theme 1. There are minimal or no barriers to following CDC recommendations. | |||||||||
| “There is nothing that prevents me from following CDC recommendations.” | |||||||||
| “I am being very compliant with social distancing. I am not allowing my kids to ‘hang out’ with friends. I am listening to CDC and local authorities.” | |||||||||
| Theme 2. Life or medical obligations require occasional disregard for CDC recommendations. | |||||||||
| “I must work to provide for my family.” | |||||||||
| “I have a family of 5 and unfortunately do need to go to the grocery store at least once a week because I can’t keep more than a week’s worth of food stored properly at my house.” | |||||||||
| “The only time I have left my house is for OBGYN appointments.” | |||||||||
| “I’m not socially isolating because I’m also concerned about the long-term mental health effects of loneliness.” | |||||||||
CDC = Centers for Disease Prevention and Control; ICC = intraclass correlation coefficient; OBGYN = obstetrician-gynecologist.
Note: Reported frequency (percent). The sample size reported for the ICC excludes only those respondents missing values for both measures.