Table 2.
Respondents’ compliance with COVID-19 preventive and immune-boosting behaviours.
| COVID-19 Preventive/Immune-Boosting Behaviours | Wave 4 (n = 4867) | Wave 5 (n = 5835) | Both Waves (n = 10,702) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact Avoidance Attributes | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % |
| Hand-washing | 4346 | 89.30 | 5433 | 93.11 | 9779 | 91.38 |
| Avoiding handshakes | 4392 | 90.24 | 5638 | 96.62 | 10,030 | 93.72 |
| Wearing masks | 3891 | 79.95 | 4719 | 80.87 | 8610 | 80.45 |
| Avoiding groups of more than 10 persons | 3440 | 70.68 | 4766 | 81.68 | 8206 | 76.68 |
| Hand sanitizer | 2477 | 50.89 | 2995 | 51.33 | 5472 | 51.13 |
| Covering mouth if coughing | 1399 | 28.74 | 1568 | 26.87 | 2967 | 27.72 |
| Staying at home more | 1335 | 27.43 | 1376 | 23.58 | 2711 | 25.33 |
| Traveling less | 570 | 11.71 | 422 | 7.23 | 992 | 9.27 |
| Working less | 405 | 8.32 | 365 | 6.26 | 770 | 7.19 |
| Stocking up food at home | 542 | 11.14 | 584 | 10.01 | 1126 | 10.52 |
| Immune-Boosting Attributes | ||||||
| Drinking tea with lemon | 404 | 8.30 | 319 | 5.47 | 723 | 6.76 |
| Drinking warm water | 404 | 8.30 | 600 | 10.28 | 1004 | 9.38 |
| Taking vitamin C rich fruits | 134 | 2.75 | 120 | 2.06 | 254 | 2.37 |
| Eating lemons, garlic, avocadoes, mangoes | 144 | 2.96 | 460 | 7.88 | 604 | 5.64 |
| Eating alkaline foods | 44 | 0.90 | 60 | 1.03 | 104 | 0.97 |
| Taking bicarbonate | 88 | 1.81 | 34 | 0.58 | 122 | 1.14 |