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. 2021 Oct 29;11(1):2614. doi: 10.4081/jphr.2021.2614

Table 2.

Factors associated with compliance rate among population.

Compliance to hand washing (%) Compliance to wearing mask (%) Compliance to keeping safe distance (%) Compliance to decreasing frequency of going out (%)
Demographics
Gender
    Male 183 (46.4) 200 (50.8) 185 (46.9) 187 (47.5)
    Female 120 (30.5) 141 (35.8) 119 (30.2) 130 (32.9)
    p-value 0.265 0.812 0.144 0.93
Age (years)
    Youth (18-24) 146 (37.1) 163 (41.4) 135 (34.3) 148 (37.6)
    Adults (25-64) 151 (38.3) 169 (42.9) 162 (41.2) 158 (40.1)
    Seniors (>64) 6 (1.52) 9 (2.30) 7 (1.77) 11 (2.79)
    p-value 0.179 0.668 0.003 0.126
Countries*
    Developed 124 (31.5) 141 (35.8) 139 (35.3) 134 (34.0)
    Developing 179 (45.4) 200 (50.8) 165 (41.9) 183 (46.4)
    p-value 0.240 0.038 <0.001 0.016
Income
    <Rs. 200,000/USD 4500 178 (45.2) 205 (52.0) 185 (46.9) 191 (48.5)
    Rs. 200,000-400,000/ USD 4500-5500 54 (13.7) 60 (15.2) 52 (13.2) 56 (14.2)
    >Rs. 400,000/USD 5500 71 (18.0) 76 (19.3) 67 (17.0) 70 (17.8)
    p-value 0.153 0.493 0.723 0.753
Education
    High school 91 (23.1) 103 (26.1) 83 (21.1) 89 (22.6)
    College degree 119 (30.2) 133 (33.8) 120 (30.5) 130 (32.9)
    Post-graduation 93 (23.6) 105 (26.7) 101 (25.6) 98 (24.9)
    p-value 0.876 0.619 0.089 0.450
COVID-19 history
Self-COVID-19 positivity
    Yes 44 (11.2) 47 (11.9) 42 (10.7) 35 (8.88)
    No 259 (65.7) 294 (74.6) 262 (66.5) 282 (71.6)
    p-value 0.089 0.208 0.344 0.022
Self-comorbidities present#
    Yes 126 (31.9) 140 (35.5) 121 (30.7) 123 (31.2)
    No 177 (44.9) 201 (51.0) 183 (46.4) 194 (49.2)
    p-value 0.731 0.950 0.330 0.058
Family members contracted COVID-19 93 (23.6) 106 (26.9) 92 (23.4) 95 (24.1)
    Yes 210 (53.2) 235 (59.6) 212 (53.8) 222 (56.3)
    No 0.853 0.492 0.878 0.669
    p-value
Family members with comorbidities
    Yes 94 (23.9) 99 (25.1) 83 (21.1) 86 (21.8)
    No 209 (53.0) 242 (61.4) 221 (56.1) 231 (58.6)
    p-value 0.022 0.336 0.480 0.350

*Developed countries included are USA, UK, Germany, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and Netherlands. Developing countries included are Pakistan, India, UAE, Turkey, Sudan, Malaysia and Egypt (https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wesp/wesp_current/2014wesp_country_classification.pdf)

#comorbidities included were diabetes mellitus, hypertension, immunosuppressive state (cancer, organ transplant), asthma, heart and lung diseases, kidney diseases or ongoing dialysis and liver dysfunction.