Table 2.
Rank ordered communication strategies that those wearing masks could do to make understanding them easier
| Action | Weighted preference for top 3 choices (%) | Rank order of responses | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (%) | 2 (%) | 3 (%) | 4 (%) | 5 (%) | 6 (%) | 7 (%) | 8 (%) | ||
| Stepped back and lowered their mask | 48.8 | 35.0 | 15.8 | 10.0 | 15.1 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 8.9 |
| Spoke more clearly | 45.7 | 17.7 | 30.9 | 22.2 | 12.6 | 9.9 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Spoke louder | 36.7 | 20.0 | 15.1 | 19.9 | 11.3 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 6.2 |
| Used a clear mask | 24.7 | 12.2 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 24.3 | 14.3 | 8.2 | 4.4 |
| Spoke slower | 18.0 | 4.1 | 10.2 | 21.4 | 25.6 | 14.8 | 12.0 | 7.9 | 4.1 |
| Wrote down information | 13.8 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 8.5 | 11.2 | 16.9 | 34.5 | 12.0 | 3.9 |
| Used a speech to text app | 7.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 12.8 | 43.5 | 16.8 |
| Used a device that amplified their voice | 4.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 15.1 | 54.8 |
Each cell shows the percentage of respondents who chose each response at each rank order, where 1 was most preferred and 8 was least preferred. The options are listed in order of overall preference, using a weighted average (see text for more details)