. 2021 Nov 13;4(1):100229. doi: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100229

Table 1.

Demographics for respondents who reported masks have a role in U.S. society to prevent viral spread and those who do not.

	Do masks have a role in U.S. society to prevent viral spread
Demographic Variable	Yes n=996	No n=202
Gender
Male	47	51
Female	53	49
Age
18-24	10	10
25-34	17^Ψ	24^Ψ
35-44	16	19
45-54	18	21
55-65	17	16
65 +	22^Ψ	9^Ψ
Income
$0-$24,999	22^Ψ	33^Ψ
$25,000-$49,999	25	26
$50,000-$74,999	18	18
$75,000-$99,999	13	13
$100,000 and higher	21^Ψ	9^Ψ
Education
Did not graduate from high school	3	3
Graduated from high school, Did not attend college	27^Ψ	37^Ψ
Attended College, No Degree earned	23	29
Attended College, Associates or Bachelor's Degree earned	33^Ψ	22^Ψ
Attended College, Graduate or Professional Degree earned	14^Ψ	9^Ψ
Region of residence
Northeast	20 ^Ψ	11 ^Ψ
South	38	44
Midwest	21	24
West	21	21
State COVID status
High number of cases	68	63
High number of cases by population	15	12
High increase in cases	21 ^Ψ	28 ^Ψ

^ΨIndicates the percentage of respondents within a given demographic category differed statistically at the <0.05 level between those who self-stated masks do have a role in society versus those who self stated that they do not have a role in society.