Table 3.

Logistic multivariate models for the association between sociodemographic characteristics, risk perception, health literacy, frequency of going outside, inadequate supply of masks, and perceived stress (n=4,921).

	Perceived Stress
	aOR (95%CI)	p
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age
≥46	Ref
36–45	1.17(0.95,1.44)	0.143
26–35	1.39(1.15,1.69)	0.001
16–25	1.51(1.25,1.83)	<0.0001
Gender
Male	Ref
Female	0.96(0.84,1.08)	0.480
Urbanicity
Urban	Ref
Rural	1.00(0.87,1.14)	0.970
Ethnicity
Han (Non-minority)	Ref
Minority	1.09(0.91,1.30)	0.350
Education level
College and above	Ref
High school	1.03(0.89,1.20)	0.699
Middle school and under	1.06(0.86,1.30)	0.575
Monthly household income
> ¥ 10,000 ($1,449)	Ref
¥ 5,001–¥ 10,000 ($725–$1,449)	1.16(0.98,1.38)	0.090
¥ 3,000–¥ 5,000 ($435–$725)	1.29(1.08,1.53)	0.005
< ¥ 3,000 ($ 435)	1.34(1.09,1.65)	0.006
Confirmed cases in residential province
Small	Ref
Medium	1.09(0.95,1.26)	0.219
Large (Hubei province)	1.30(1.05,1.60)	0.018
Frequency of going outside
Went outside every day or every other day	Ref
Went outside every 3–7 days	0.90(0.76,1.06)	0.214
Went outside every 8–14 days	0.75(0.60,0.95)	0.017
Went outside every 15 days or more	0.88(0.73,1.05)	0.155
Inadequate supply of masks
No (yes and bought successfully)	Ref
Yes (yes but cannot buy one)	1.10(0.95,1.28)	0.206
Risk perception
Low (no worried at all/ not worried)	Ref
Medium (fair)	1.34(1.11,1.61)	0.002
High (worried/ very worried)	1.91(1.61,2.27)	<0.0001
Health literacy
High (≥5)	Ref
Low (≤4)	2.48(2.19,2.81)	<0.0001