Table 2.
Survey questions and results
| Variable |
Count (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | Knowledge about how to prevent COVID-19 (N = 6972) | Very good | 3985 (57.2%) |
| Good | 2446 (35.1%) | ||
| Fair | 480 (6.9%) | ||
| Poor | 34 (0.5%) | ||
| Very poor | 27 (0.4%) | ||
| Perceived clarity | Perceived clarity of information on how to prevent COVID-19 (N = 6972) | Very clear | 3937 (56.5%) |
| Clear | 2395 (34.4%) | ||
| Neutral | 320 (4.6%) | ||
| Poor | 124 (1.8%) | ||
| Very poor | 196 (2.8%) | ||
| Information sources | COVID-19 information sources used ‘Very often” or “Often”a | Online news websites (N = 6972) | 4824 (69.2%) |
| Television (N = 6972) | 3824 (54.9%) | ||
| Official government websites (N = 6972) | 3493 (50.1%) | ||
| Conversations with friends, family, colleagues N = 6972) | 3382 (48.5%) | ||
| TWC app/website or similar apps/websites (N = 6972) | 2916 (41.8%) | ||
| Daily or weekly newspapers (N = 6972) | 1976 (28.3%) | ||
| Social media (N = 6972) | 1705 (24.5%) | ||
| Radio (N = 6972) | 1278 (18.3%) | ||
| Preventive behaviors | “Very much” or “Somewhat” increased preventative behaviors due to COVID-19 informationa | Wearing a face mask (N = 6972) | 4802 (68.9%) |
| Physical distancing (N = 6972) | 4784 (68.6%) | ||
| Covering mouth when coughing (N = 6972) | 4767 (68.4%) | ||
| Hand washing for at least 20 s (N = 6972) | 4751 (68.1%) | ||
| Staying home when sick (N = 6972) | 4556 (65.4%) | ||
| Use of hand sanitizer (N = 6972) | 4497 (64.5%) | ||
| Disinfecting surfaces (N = 6972) | 4339 (62.2%) | ||
| Avoiding touching eyes, nose, and mouth (N = 6972) | 4224 (60.6%) | ||
| Self-isolation (N = 6972) | 3848 (55.2%) | ||
| Herbal supplements (N = 6972) | 1291 (18.5%) | ||
| Antibiotics (N = 6972) | 1042 (14.9%) | ||
| TWC information | TWC COVID-19 information “Very much” or “Somewhat” helpfula | Local data and statistics about novel coronavirus (N = 6972) | 4489 (64.4%) |
| News articles and videos about novel coronavirus (N = 6972) | 3762 (53.4%) | ||
| Interest in information topics | Respondents interested in COVID-19 topics from TWCa | Hotspots of local novel coronavirus (N = 6972) | 5039 (72.7%) |
| Severity of local cases of novel coronavirus (N = 6972) | 4989 (71.6%) | ||
| Trends in local novel coronavirus cases (N = 6972) | 4949 (71.0%) | ||
| When the outbreak of COVID-19 will end (N = 6972) | 4759 (68.3%) | ||
| Ways to prevent getting novel coronavirus (N = 6972) | 4633 (66.5%) | ||
| Where to get tested for novel coronavirus (N = 6972) | 4442 (63.7%) | ||
| Total local COVID-19 cases (N = 6972) | 4436 (63.6%) | ||
| Clinical trials related to novel coronavirus (N = 6972) | 4017 (57.6%) | ||
Percentage values do not add up to 100 because we report on positive Likert-scale responses for these questions. Full survey results are in the Supplementary Material.
COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; TWC: The Weather Company.