Table 1.
Logistic regression results.
| (1) | (2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fear COVID-19 less | Adherence to COVID-19 prevention | |||
| VARIABLES | Odds ratio | 95% CI | Odds ratio | 95% CI |
| Age group | ||||
| 26–34 | 0.644 | (0.349 - 1.187) | 1.408* | (0.960 - 2.067) |
| 35–44 | 0.469⁎⁎ | (0.229 - 0.961) | 1.902⁎⁎ | (1.165 - 3.104) |
| >=45 | 0.327⁎⁎⁎ | (0.159 - 0.672) | 2.569⁎⁎⁎ | (1.387 - 4.758) |
| Gender (1=female, 0=Male) | 0.917 | (0.615 - 1.368) | 1.352⁎⁎ | (1.002 - 1.824) |
| Education level (1= Secondary and above) | 0.973 | (0.612 - 1.549) | 0.956 | (0.675 - 1.354) |
| Household Monthly expenditure (in UgX) Household Monthly expenditure (in UgX) (base >200,000 | ||||
| 201,000 - 800,000 | 1.069 | (0.645 - 1.772) | 0.814 | (0.570 - 1.163) |
| 801,000 - 2000,000 | 0.905 | (0.478 - 1.715) | 0.809 | (0.507 - 1.292) |
| >=2001,000 | 0.939 | (0.438 - 2.011) | 1.072 | (0.609 - 1.889) |
| COVID News intensity | ||||
| About once a week | 0.427 | (0.084 - 2.165) | 0.717 | (0.346 - 1.488) |
| A few times a week | 0.427 | (0.097 - 1.881) | 1.131 | (0.627 - 2.038) |
| Daily | 0.217⁎⁎ | (0.053 - 0.882) | 2.066⁎⁎⁎ | (1.211 - 3.524) |
| Several times a day | 0.205⁎⁎ | (0.049 - 0.854) | 1.783⁎⁎ | (1.039 - 3.060) |
| Uses social media | 1.168 | (0.690 - 1.976) | 0.850 | (0.537 - 1.345) |
| Uses traditional media | 0.587* | (0.332 - 1.039) | 1.058 | (0.740 - 1.512) |
| Job type (base: not employed) | ||||
| Formal sector | 1.505* | (0.937 - 2.416) | 1.077 | (0.758 - 1.528) |
| Informal sector | 1.046 | (0.552 - 1.981) | 1.140 | (0.703 - 1.849) |
| Self employed | 1.070 | (0.629 - 1.819) | 1.158 | (0.778 - 1.726) |
| Job loss | 0.880 | (0.600 - 1.289) | 0.949 | (0.726 - 1.240) |
| Presidential addresses | 0.429 | (0.131 - 1.406) | 1.460 | (0.872 - 2.445) |
| Received food aid | 0.944 | (0.600 - 1.484) | 0.888 | (0.635 - 1.241) |
| Approval of lockdown policy (base: strongly disapprove) | ||||
| Disapprove | 2.899 | (0.814 - 10.325) | 0.925 | (0.465 - 1.839) |
| Not sure | 2.794 | (0.795 - 9.818) | 1.649 | (0.813 - 3.347) |
| Approve | 1.371 | (0.520 - 3.616) | 2.143⁎⁎ | (1.167 - 3.936) |
| Strong approve | 0.937 | (0.368 - 2.385) | 2.242⁎⁎⁎ | (1.226 - 4.099) |
| Approval of curfew measures (base: strongly disapprove) | ||||
| Disapprove | 0.805 | (0.372 - 1.742) | 1.687⁎⁎⁎ | (1.174 - 2.424) |
| Not sure | 0.203⁎⁎⁎ | (0.088 - 0.468) | 2.779⁎⁎⁎ | (1.628 - 4.742) |
| Approve | 0.331⁎⁎⁎ | (0.157 - 0.695) | 3.612⁎⁎⁎ | (2.361 - 5.527) |
| Strong approve | 0.201⁎⁎⁎ | (0.096 - 0.421) | 6.109⁎⁎⁎ | (3.745 - 9.967) |
| Central Uganda | 1.695 | (0.516 - 5.572) | 1.256 | (0.492 - 3.211) |
| Eastern Uganda | 3.065* | (0.941 - 9.980) | 1.008 | (0.417 - 2.441) |
| Kampala, Wakisoor Mukono | 3.035⁎⁎ | (1.051 - 8.766) | 0.813 | (0.375 - 1.764) |
| Northern Uganda | 3.409* | (0.972 - 11.961) | 1.450 | (0.523 - 4.023) |
| Western Uganda | 1.831 | (0.590 - 5.682) | 0.743 | (0.309 - 1.789) |
| Constant | 101.619⁎⁎⁎ | (12.952 - 797.308) | 0.151⁎⁎⁎ | (0.044 - 0.516) |
| Observations | 1177 | 1181 | ||
| Mean VIF | 4.26 | 4.24 | ||
| Pseudo R-squared | 0.167 | 0.159 | ||
95% confidence intervals in parentheses with robust standard errors.
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