Table 2.
Awareness, attitudes & behavior related to COVID-19
| Variable | Summary valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | ||||
| April 2020-November 2020 (n = 623) | April 2020-May 2020 (n = 192) | June 2020-July 2020 (n = 244) | August 2020-November 2020 (n = 186) | |
| Awareness & experience | ||||
| Has been tested for the coronavirus | 148 (25.8) | 36 (21.8) | 64 (28.8) | 48 (26.0) |
| Received positive test | 17 (11.4) | 5 (14.3) | 4 (6.1) | 8 (16.7) |
| Knows someone that has, or thinks they have, the coronavirus** | 306 (53.4) | 69 (41.6) | 110 (49.6) | 127 (69.0) |
| Has spoken to a healthcare provider about the coronavirus?** | 278 (50.5) | 75 (47.2) | 83 (40.1) | 120 (65.2) |
| COVID-19 knowledge | ||||
| Correctly identified 3 symptoms of COVID-19** | 468 (78.5) | 123 (69.5) | 185 (78.7) | 161 (87.4) |
| Correctly identified 3 steps to prevent from getting COVID-19** | 524 (87.9) | 148 (83.6) | 194 (82.6) | 181 (98.9) |
| Beliefs and concern | ||||
| How serious of a public health threat do you think the coronavirus is or might become? (1–10), mean (SD)** | 4.0 (1.3) | 4.6 (2.1) | 3.7 (0.6) | 3.8 (0.5) |
| Do you think that you will get sick from the coronavirus?* | ||||
| Not at all | 128 (22.7) | 54 (33.1) | 47 (21.7) | 27 (14.8) |
| It’s possible | 373 (66.1) | 93 (57.1) | 148 (68.2) | 131 (71.6) |
| I probably/definitely will | 63 (11.2) | 16 (9.9) | 22 (10.1) | 25 (13.7) |
| How prepared do you think you are for the coronavirus outbreak?** | ||||
| Not prepared at all | 59 (10.4) | 12 (7.3) | 30 (13.6) | 17 (9.3) |
| A little prepared | 96 (16.9) | 14 (8.5) | 40 (18.2) | 42 (23.1) |
| Somewhat prepared | 225 (39.7) | 66 (40.2) | 88 (40.0) | 70 (38.5) |
| Very prepared | 187 (33.0) | 72 (43.9) | 62 (28.2) | 53 (29.1) |
| COVID-19 behaviors | ||||
| How much has the coronavirus changed your daily routine?** | ||||
| Not at all | 88 (15.4) | 24 (14.4) | 43 (19.4) | 21 (11.5) |
| A little | 117 (20.4) | 31 (18.6) | 45 (20.3) | 41 (22.40 |
| Some | 94 (16.4) | 17 (10.2) | 28 (12.6) | 49 (26.8) |
| A lot | 274 (47.8) | 95 (56.9) | 106 (47.8) | 72 (39.3) |
| Changed plans because of the coronavirus* | 318 (55.9) | 111 (66.9) | 109 (49.8) | 97 (53.0) |
| How often are you leaving your home?** | ||||
| Multiple times a day | 31 (5.5) | 13 (8.0) | 8 (3.6) | 10 (5.5) |
| Once per day | 141 (24.9) | 34 (20.9) | 46 (20.9) | 61 (33.5) |
| A few times per week | 244 (43.1) | 59 (36.2) | 109 (49.6) | 75 (41.2) |
| Less than once per week | 150 (26.5) | 57 (35.0) | 57 (25.9) | 36 (19.8) |
| Impact of virus on stress | ||||
| Needs additional help in daily life because of the coronavirus** | 75 (13.1) | 37 (22.2) | 32 (14.5) | 5 (2.7) |
| Over the past week, how often have you felt nervous or “stressed” because of the coronavirus? | ||||
| Never | 314 (55.5) | 77 (47.2) | 122 (55.7) | 115 (62.8) |
| Some of the time | 141 (24.9) | 51 (31.3) | 52 (23.7) | 38 (20.8) |
| Most of the time | 69 (12.2) | 20 (12.3) | 30 (13.7) | 19 (10.4) |
| All of the time | 42 (7.4) | 15 (9.2) | 15 (6.9) | 11 (6.0) |
| Over the past week, how often have you felt alone or lonely because of the coronavirus?* | ||||
| Never | 419 (74.2) | 107 (66.1) | 172 (78.5) | 140 (76.5) |
| Some of the time | 94 (16.6) | 34 (21.0) | 29 (13.2) | 30 (16.4) |
| Most of the time | 31 (5.5) | 8 (4.9) | 13 (5.9) | 10 (5.5) |
| All of the time | 21 (3.7) | 13 (8.0) | 5 (2.3) | 3 (1.6) |
*Significant differences per wave at the 0.05 level
**Significant differences per wave at the 0.001 level
aSummary Values are counts and percentages, unless noted otherwise