Table 4.
Preventive behavior against COVID-19 infection among people at highest risk of exposure in Ethiopia, 2021 (N = 1080)
| Items | Response categories with frequency and percent |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Always | |
| I put a tissue paper or bending elbow in the front of my mouth and nostril when coughing or sneezing. | 471 (43.6%) | 415 (38.4%) | 102 (9.2%) | 92 (8.5%) |
| I wash my hands frequently with cleaning soap and water for at least 20 seconds each hour. | 106 (9.6%) | 357 (33.1%) | 306 (28.3%) | 311 (28.8%) |
| I do not touch my eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands. | 195 (18.1%) | 342 (31.7%) | 258 (23.9%) | 285 (26.4%) |
| I put on a facemask persistently each time I go out to my home. | 725 (67.1%) | 262 (24.3%) | 84 (7.8%) | 9 (0.8%) |
| I keep a distance of at least two meters from others. | 881 (81.6%) | 199 (18.4%) | 0 | 0 |
| Overall preventive behavior against COVID-19 | Frequency | Percent | ||
| Good | 378 | 35% | ||
| Poor | 702 | 65% | ||