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. 2021 Sep 20;206:108367. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108367

Table 2.

Distribution of hygiene behavior by personal attribute.

Personal attribute Hand washing (time/day) Surface disinfection (time/day) Air disinfection (time/day) Indoor ventilationa
Total 5.76 1.42 0.62 3.86
Gender p < 0.001 p = 0.001 p = 0.179 p = 0.333
Male 5.55 1.39
Female 5.96 1.44
Education p = 0.048 p < 0.001 p = 0.012 p = 0.191
Undergraduate 5.97 1.56 0.70
Postgraduate 5.54 1.26 0.57
Major p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001
Engineering 5.77 1.45 0.62 3.87
Science 5.74 1.30 0.59 3.82
Medicine 5.73 1.29 0.46 3.81
Management 5.27 1.35 0.56 3.84
Confidenceb p = 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001
Confident 6.00 1.58 0.71 3.97
Neutral 5.58 1.31 0.57 3.79
Diffident 5.36 1.04 0.34 3.64
a

A value of 5 indicates a high level of attention to indoor ventilation, and 1 indicates very little attention.

b

Confidence is divided into three categories. A score of ≥3.5 is considered confident, ≤ 2.5 is considered diffident, and 2.5–3.5 is considered neutral.