Table 2.
Post hoc (Scheffe’s test) results: the differences of protective behavior engagement according to demographic variables.
| Behavior | Demographic variables | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All responses (n = 384) | Taiwan (n = 258) | Japan (n = 86) | |||||||
| Residence | Sex | Having children | Chronic disease | Health background | Sex | Having children | Chronic disease | Sex | |
| Wearing facemask | Japan > Taiwan*** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Japan > NA* | |||||||||
| Avoid nonessential traveling | Japan > Taiwan *** | – | – | Yes > no* | – | – | – | – | – |
| NA > Taiwan*** | |||||||||
| Social distancing | Japan > Taiwan *** | – | – | – | Yes > no* | – | Yes > no** | – | – |
| NA > Taiwan* | |||||||||
| Hand hygiene | Japan > Taiwan *** | Female > male* | – | - | – | Female > male* | Yes > no* | – | – |
| Cough etiquette | Japan > Taiwan* | Female > male* | – | – | – | – | – | – | Female > male* |
| Cleaning and ventilation | – | Female > male* | Yes > no* | – | Yes > no* | Female > male* | Yes > no* | No > yes* | – |
NA = North America, – = There is no significant difference between groups, ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.