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. 2021 Dec 14;25:101671. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101671

Table 3.

Distribution of socio-demographic and pandemic factors by COVID-19 protective and risky behavior latent classes (n = 832).


Full Sample
Highly Protective
Moderately Protective
Minimally Protective
Risky
ANOVA or Chi-Square

n = 832
n = 240, 28.8%
n = 279, 33.5%
n = 212, 25.5%
n = 101, 12.1%

Correlate N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) p-value
Socio-Demographics 0.037
Age (m (SD)), in years 37.0 (11.0) 38.2 (11.0) 37.5 (11.7) 35.8 (10.7) 35.2 (9.0)
Gender Man 167 (20.1) 44 (26.3) 48 (28.7) 49 (29.3) 26 (15.6) 0.18
Woman 644 (77.4) 191 (29.7) 221 (34.3) 157 (24.4) 75 (11.6)
Non-Binary/Trans gender/Other 21 (2.5) 5 (23.8) 10 (47.6) 6 (28.6) 0 (0.0)
Sexual Orientation Heterosexual 660 (79.3) 189 (28.6) 216 (32.7) 163 (24.7) 92 (13.9) 0.040
Homosexual 53 (6.4) 16 (30.2) 15 (28.3) 19 (35.8) 3 (5.7)
Bisexual/Queer/Pansexual/Other 119 (14.3) 35 (29.4) 48 (40.3) 30 (25.2) 6 (5.0)
Race/Ethnicity Non-Hispanic White 488 (58.7) 122 (25.0) 166 (34.0) 138 (28.3) 62 (12.7) 0.14
Black 112 (13.5) 43 (38.4) 33 (29.5) 19 (17.0) 17 (15.2)
Asian 76 (9.1) 27 (35.5) 23 (30.3) 18 (23.7) 8 (10.5)
Latinx 75 (9.0) 26 (34.7) 27 (36.0) 16 (21.3) 6 (8.0)
Othera/More Than One Race 81 (9.7) 22 (27.2) 30 (37.0) 21 (25.9) 8 (10.0)
Educational Attainment High School or Less 77 (9.3) 24 (31.2) 25 (32.5) 19 (24.7) 9 (11.7) 0.42
Some College/2-yr College Degree 230 (27.6) 79 (34.3) 75 (32.6) 51 (22.2) 25 (10.9)
4-yr College Degree/Grad School 525 (63.1) 137 (26.1) 179 (34.1) 142 (27.0) 67 (12.8)
Current Employment Status Employed Full Time 466 (56.0) 132 (28.3) 163 (35.0) 106 (22.7) 65 (13.9) 0.43
Employed Part Time 127 (15.3) 31 (24.4) 44 (34.6) 39 (30.7) 13 (10.2)
Unemployed 171 (20.6) 51 (29.8) 54 (31.6) 50 (29.2) 16 (9.4)
Student 33 (4.0) 12 (36.4) 10 (30.3) 9 (27.3) 2 (6.1)
Retired 19 (2.3) 6 (31.6) 6 (31.6) 5 (26.3) 2 (10.5)
Furloughed 16 (1.9) 8 (50.0) 2 (12.5) 3 (18.8) 3 (18.8)
Annual Household Income ≤$50,000/year 344 (41.3) 98 (28.5) 109 (31.7) 104 (30.2) 33 (9.6) 0.051
$50,001-$100,000/year 329 (39.5) 100 (30.4) 104 (31.6) 77 (23.4) 48 (14.6)
$100,001-$150,000/year 102 (12.3) 27 (26.5) 42 (41.2) 17 (16.7) 16 (15.7)
>$150,000/year 57 (6.9) 15 (26.3) 24 (42.1) 14 (24.6) 4 (7.0)
Political Preference Republican 123 (14.8) 28 (22.8) 30 (24.4) 27 (22.0) 38 (30.9) <0.001
Democrat 434 (52.2) 131 (30.2) 157 (36.2) 107 (24.7) 39 (9.0)
Independent 186 (22.4) 57 (30.6) 62 (33.3) 49 (26.3) 18 (9.7)
Something Else 88 (10.6) 24 (27.3) 30 (34.1) 29 (33.0) 5 (5.7)
Marital status Married 280 (33.7) 92 (32.9) 93 (33.2) 58 (20.7) 37 (13.2) 0.39
Single, In a Relationship 250 (30.0) 69 (27.6) 82 (32.8) 65 (26.0) 34 (13.6)
Single, No Relationship 237 (28.5) 61 (25.7) 83 (35.0) 71 (30.0) 22 (9.3)
Separated/Divorced/Widowed 65 (7.8) 18 (27.7) 21 (32.3) 18 (27.7) 8 (12.3)
Living Situation Living with Others (versus Alone) 651 (78.2) 194 (29.8) 224 (34.4) 161 (24.7) 72 (11.1) 0.16
Live with Children Living with Children 284 (34.1) 93 (32.7) 88 (31.0) 58 (20.4) 45 (15.8) 0.006
Housing Type House/Condominium 535 (64.3) 158 (29.5) 184 (34.4) 127 (23.7) 66 (12.3) 0.73
Apartment 285 (34.3) 79 (27.7) 92 (32.6) 80 (28.1) 34 (11.9)
Other 12 (1.4) 3 (25.0) 3 (25.0) 5 (41.7) 1 (8.3)
Residential Area Type Urban 421 (50.6) 138 (33.3) 129 (30.6) 98 (23.3) 56 (13.3) 0.057
Suburban 296 (35.6) 70 (23.6) 109 (36.8) 79 (26.6) 38 (12.8)
Town 65 (7.8) 16 (24.6) 24 (36.9) 23 (35.4) 2 (3.1)
Rural 50 (6.0) 16 (32.0) 17 (34.0) 12 (24.0) 5 (10.0)
Region of Residence West 272 (32.7) 70 (25.7) 98 (36.0) 74 (27.2) 30 (11.0) 0.25
Midwest 138 (16.6) 48 (34.8) 37 (26.8) 38 (27.5) 15 (10.9)
Northeast 165 (19.8) 49 (29.7) 63 (38.2) 37 (22.4) 16 (9.7)
South 257 (30.9) 73 (28.4) 81 (31.5) 63 (24.5) 40 (15.6)



Pandemic Factors
Had a COVID-19 Test Yes 268 (32.2) 73 (27.2) 103 (38.4) 59 (22.0) 33 (12.3) 0.17
Had COVID-19 Yes, Diagnosed with Test 11 (1.3) 5 (45.5) 3 (27.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (27.3) 0.034
Probably, Diagnosed without Test 9 (1.1) 1 (11.1) 3 (33.3) 2 (22.2) 3 (33.3)
Maybe, Suspected COVID-19 135 (16.2) 29 (21.5) 57 (42.2) 31 (23.0) 18 (13.3)
No COVID-19 677 (81.4) 205 (30.3) 216 (31.9) 179 (26.4) 77 (11.4)
Vulnerable Conditions Yes 284 (34.1) 90 (31.7) 105 (37.0) 57 (20.1) 32 (11.3) 0.047
Overweight or Obese Yes 372 (44.7) 114 (30.6) 128 (34.4) 88 (23.7) 42 (11.3) 0.53
COVID-19 in a Household Member Yes, Diagnosed with Test 28 (3.4) 9 (32.1) 6 (21.4) 6 (21.4) 7 (25.0) 0.004
Probably, Diagnosed without Test 6 (0.7) 2 (33.3) 1 (16.7) 0 (0.0) 3 (50.0)
Maybe, Suspected COVID-19 80 (9.6) 13 (16.3) 37 (46.3) 19 (23.8) 11 (13.8)
No Household COVID-19 718 (86.3) 216 (30.1) 235 (32.7) 187 (26.0) 80 (11.1)
Know Anyone with COVID-19 Yes 503 (60.5) 159 (31.6) 187 (37.2) 110 (21.9) 47 (9.3) <0.001
COVID-19 Care in Employment Direct Care 33 (4.0) 7 (21.2) 15 (45.5) 4 (12.1) 7 (21.2)
Supportive Care 52 (6.2) 14 (26.9) 20 (38.5) 9 (17.3) 9 (17.3)
No COVID-19 Care 747 (89.8) 219 (29.3) 244 (32.7) 199 (26.6) 85 (11.4)
Went into one’s Workplace in the past month Never 374 (45.0) 138 (36.9) 104 (27.8) 106 (28.3) 26 (7.0) <0.001
Rarely 109 (13.1) 27 (24.8) 48 (44.0) 20 (18.3) 14 (12.8)
Sometimes 84 (10.1) 14 (16.7) 32 (38.1) 23 (27.4) 15 (17.9)
Often 98 (11.8) 24 (24.5) 33 (33.7) 23 (23.5) 18 (28.4)
Always 167 (20.1) 37 (22.2) 62 (37.1) 40 (24.0) 28 (16.8)
Likelihood of COVID-19, m (SD) Very Unlikely = 1 to Very Likely = 5 2.7 (1.0) 2.6 (1.1) 2.8 (0.9) 2.7 (0.9) 2.5 (1.2) 0.001
Severity of COVID-19, m (SD) Absent = 1 to Extreme Symptoms = 5 2.6 (0.9) 2.9 (1.0) 2.6 (0.9) 2.5 (0.9) 2.3 (1.0) <0.001
a Other includes Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Middle Eastern