Table 3.
Rice, modern, and historical indicators predict mask use early in the outbreak (Study 1)
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 0.49⁎⁎⁎ | 0.48⁎⁎⁎ | 0.48⁎⁎⁎ | 0.48*** |
| (0.13) | (0.13) | (0.13) | (0.13) | |
| Age | -0.37⁎⁎⁎ | -0.34⁎⁎⁎ | -0.34⁎⁎⁎ | -0.35*** |
| (0.05) | (0.05) | (0.05) | (0.05) | |
| Indoors | 0.45* | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.38+ |
| (0.21) | (0.22) | (0.21) | (0.22) | |
| On Bus | -0.52+ | -0.50+ | -0.56* | -0.51+ |
| (0.27) | (0.27) | (0.27) | (0.27) | |
| City Tier | 0.42+ | -0.30 | 4.65⁎⁎⁎ | 0.03 |
| (0.22) | (0.65) | (0.78) | (1.50) | |
| Prefecture Rice % | 37.39⁎⁎ | 85.68⁎⁎ | 204.47⁎⁎⁎ | 76.70* |
| (11.50) | (27.47) | (25.29) | (30.20) | |
| Days Since Lockdown | 0.47⁎⁎⁎ | 0.47⁎⁎⁎ | 0.47⁎⁎⁎ | 0.47*** |
| (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.06) | |
| Distance to Wuhan | 5.42⁎⁎⁎ | 10.80⁎⁎ | 21.20⁎⁎⁎ | 10.17** |
| (1.55) | (3.55) | (2.52) | (3.94) | |
| Rice x Days | -0.39⁎⁎⁎ | -0.40⁎⁎⁎ | -0.40⁎⁎⁎ | -0.40*** |
| (0.07) | (0.07) | (0.07) | (0.07) | |
| Rice x Distance | -5.16⁎⁎ | -12.41⁎⁎ | -29.89⁎⁎⁎ | -11.06* |
| (1.69) | (4.04) | (3.72) | (4.50) | |
| Historical Air Pollution | 0.04⁎⁎⁎ | |||
| (0.01) | ||||
| Pathogen Prevalence | -0.81 | |||
| (0.61) | ||||
| Prefecture GDP per Capita2017 | -1.47⁎⁎⁎ | |||
| (0.25) | ||||
| Historical GDP per Capita1996 | 0.01 | |||
| (0.12) |
***p < .001; **p < .01; *p < .05; +p < .10
Note: Models are multilevel with observations nested in provinces. GDP per capita is in units of 10,000 RMB. Current GDP uses 2017 prefecture data; historical GDP uses 1996 provincial data. Historical air pollution is the historical average PM2.5 micrograms per cubic meter from 2013 to 2019.