Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics, perceived stress, risk perception, health literacy, frequency of going outside, and inadequate supply of masks of respondents during the COVID-19 (n=5,039).
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |
| Age | |
| ≥46 | 1008(20.0) |
| 36–45 | 839(16.7) |
| 26–35 | 1174(23.3) |
| 16–25 | 2018(40.0) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 2090(41.5) |
| Female | 2949(58.5) |
| Urbanicity | |
| Urban | 2492(49.5) |
| Rural | 2547(50.5) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Han (Non-minority) | 4234(84.0) |
| Minority | 805(16.0) |
| Education level | |
| College and above | 2534(50.3) |
| High school | 1837(36.5) |
| Middle school and under | 668(13.3) |
| Monthly household income | |
| > ¥ 10,000 ($1,449) | 1286(25.5) |
| ¥ 5001–¥ 10,000 ($725–$1,449) | 1422(28.2) |
| ¥ 3,000–¥ 5,000 ($435–$725) | 1485(29.5) |
| < ¥ 3,000 ($ 435) | 846(16.8) |
| Perceived stress | |
| In recent month, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life? | |
| Never | 1091(21.7) |
| Almost never | 1156(22.9) |
| Sometimes | 2351(46.7) |
| Fairly often | 367(7.3) |
| Very often | 74(1.5) |
| In the last month, how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them? | |
| Never | 837(16.6) |
| Almost never | 1355(26.9) |
| Sometimes | 2258(44.8) |
| Fairly often | 492(9.8) |
| Very often | 97(1.9) |
| In the last month, how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems? | |
| Never | 247(4.9) |
| Almost never | 218(4.3) |
| Sometimes | 1463(29.0) |
| Fairly often | 2649(52.6) |
| Very often | 462(9.2) |
| In the last month, how often have you felt that things are going your way? | |
| Never | 355(7.0) |
| Almost never | 538(10.7) |
| Sometimes | 2402(47.7) |
| Fairly often | 1518(30.1) |
| Very often | 226(4.5) |
| Perceived stress (continuous), Mean (SD) | 21.9(8.3) |
| Perceived stress (categorical) | |
| High (>25) | 1815(36.0) |
| Low (≤25) | 3224(64.0) |
| Confirmed cases in residential province | |
| Small | 2028(40.2) |
| Medium | 2413(47.9) |
| Large (Hubei province) | 598(11.9) |
| Frequency of going outside | |
| Went outside every day or every other day | 1059(21.0) |
| Went outside every 3–7 days | 1862(37.0) |
| Went outside every 8–14 days | 542(10.8) |
| Went outside every 15 days or more | 1576(31.3) |
| Inadequate supply of masks (n=4,921) | |
| No (yes and bought successfully) | 3855(78.3) |
| Yes (yes but cannot buy one) | 1066(21.7) |
| Risk perception | |
| Are you worried about yourself contracting COVID-19? | |
| Low (no worried at all/ not worried) | 1011(20.1) |
| Medium (fair) | 1539(30.5) |
| High (worried/ very worried) | 2489(49.4) |
| Health literacy | |
| Hard to understand COVID-19 related knowledge and information | |
| Strongly disagree | 348(6.9) |
| Disagree | 2471(49.0) |
| Fair | 1461(29.0) |
| Agree | 587(11.6) |
| Strongly agree | 172(3.4) |
| Hard to find correct and comprehensive COVID-19 related information | |
| Strongly disagree | 218(4.3) |
| Disagree | 1541(30.6) |
| Fair | 1679(33.3) |
| Agree | 1230(24.4) |
| Strongly agree | 371(7.4) |
| Health literacy (continuous), Mean (SD) | 4.4(1.7) |
| Health literacy (categorical) | |
| High (scores≥5) | 2522(50.0) |
| Low (scores≤4) | 2517(50.0) |