Table 1.
Hierarchical Regression Predicting Physical Distance and Hand Hygiene From Local‐Level Variables
| Physical Distance W2 | Hygiene W2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | SE | t | p | b | SE | t | p | |
| Step 1 | ||||||||
| (Constant) | −2.40 | 0.23 | −10.4 | <.001 | −0.92 | 0.21 | −4.50 | <.001 |
| Age | 0.01 | 0.00 | 12.83 | <.001 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 7.72 | <.001 |
| Weekly income | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | .893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.84 | .399 |
| Sex | 0.06 | 0.03 | 2.36 | .018 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 4.58 | <.001 |
| Tested COVID self W1 | 0.69 | 0.12 | 5.90 | <.001 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.50 | .618 |
| Tested COVID other W1 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 1.40 | .160 | −0.03 | 0.06 | −0.49 | .622 |
| Health W1 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 1.97 | .049 | −0.03 | 0.01 | −2.42 | .016 |
| Risk perception W1 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 3.93 | <.001 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 6.71 | <.001 |
| Self‐efficacy of behavior W1 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 5.28 | <.001 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 10.57 | <.001 |
| Australian Born | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.36 | .720 | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.33 | .739 |
| Behavior before COVID‐19 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 13.52 | <.001 | 0.44 | 0.02 | 25.29 | <.001 |
| Average R 2 Total | 0.21 | 0.32 | ||||||
| Step 2 | ||||||||
| (Constant) | −2.30 | 0.25 | −9.21 | <.001 | −1.09 | 0.21 | −5.12 | <.001 |
| Age | 0.01 | 0.00 | 12.09 | <.001 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.54 | <.001 |
| Weekly income | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.68 | .499 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.80 | .425 |
| Sex | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.60 | .111 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 3.75 | <.001 |
| Tested COVID self | 0.62 | 0.12 | 5.30 | <.001 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.44 | .663 |
| Tested COVID other W1 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 1.31 | .190 | −0.03 | 0.06 | −0.51 | .607 |
| Health W1 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 2.70 | .007 | −0.02 | 0.01 | −1.46 | .144 |
| Risk perception W1 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 4.16 | <.001 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 6.61 | <.001 |
| Self‐efficacy of behavior W1 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 4.87 | <.001 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 9.93 | <.001 |
| Born in Australia | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.22 | .824 | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.55 | .581 |
| Behavior before COVID‐19 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 14.11 | <.001 | 0.44 | 0.02 | 24.89 | <.001 |
| Identification with neighborhood W1 | 0.00 | 0.01 | −0.16 | .874 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 2.96 | .003 |
| Confidence in the state government W1 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 2.41 | .016 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.15 | .249 |
| Neighborhood SR: Helpful W1 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.90 | .369 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 2.14 | .033 |
| Neighborhood SR: Trustworthy W1 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.15 | .251 | −0.03 | 0.01 | −2.20 | .028 |
| Neighborhood SR: Safe W1 | −0.01 | 0.01 | −1.6 | .109 | −0.02 | 0.01 | −1.93 | .054 |
| Neighborhood SR: Rules W1 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 2.41 | .016 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.20 | .843 |
| Neighborhood SR: Positive ethnic interactions W1 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.80 | .072 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.53 | .597 |
| Neighborhood SR: Collective problem solving W1 | −0.06 | 0.02 | −3.39 | .001 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.39 | .697 |
| Neighborhood SR: Positive social interactions W1 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 2.84 | .005 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1.42 | .157 |
| Political orientation W1 | −0.05 | 0.01 | −5.00 | <.001 | −0.01 | 0.01 | −0.67 | .505 |
| Average R 2 Total (ΔR2) | .23 (.02, p < . 001) | .33 (.01, p < . 001) | ||||||
Tested COVID, 1 = Yes; 2 = No; Born in Australia, 0 = No, 1 = Yes. The behavior before COVID‐19 was physical distance or hand hygiene, depending on the outcome variable. Bolded estimates and p values have a p< .05.
Abbreviation: SR, social relations.