Table 1.

Results of Descriptive and Rank Sum Test

Variables	Variable Categories	Total		prevention behavior		H/z	p
		n	%	Mean	Median ± interquartile range
Gender	male	378	31.82	4.593	5.00 ± 0.62	-3.141	0.002
	female	810	68.18	4.772	5.00 ± 0.23
Age	≤ 25	196	16.50	4.560	5.00 ± 0.46	11.761	0.019
	26–30	113	9.51	4.645	5.00 ± 0.62
	31–40	393	33.08	4.760	5.00 ± 0.23
	41–50	391	32.91	4.776	5.00 ± 0.31
	≥ 50	95	8.00	4.684	5.00 ± 0.38
Educational background	Junior high school and below	251	21.13	4.626	5.00 ± 0.31	8.264	0.041
	high school	133	11.20	4.766	5.00 ± 0.08
	Junior College	281	23.65	4.762	5.00 ± 0.31
	Undergraduate	375	31.57	4.740	5.00 ± 0.38
	Doctor’s/ Master’s	148	12.46	4.671	5.00 ± 0.60
Nation	Han nationality	1160	97.64	4.723	5.00 ± 0.31	-0.092	0.927
	Other nationalities	28	2.36	4.401	5.00 ± 0.23
Marital status	Single	264	22.22	4.638	5.00 ± 0.46	7.002	0.030
	Married	881	74.16	4.740	5.00 ± 0.31
	Divorced/ Widowed spouse	43	3.62	4.683	5.00 ± 0.08
Religion	No	1078	90.74	4.720	5.00 ± 0.31	-0.101	0.920
	Yes	110	9.26	4.671	5.00 ± 0.15
Monthly income per capita	≤ 3000 yuan	255	21.46	4.659	5.00 ± 0.38	0.674	0.714
	3000–4999 yuan	351	29.55	4.704	5.00 ± 0.31
	≥ 5000 yuan	582	48.99	4.747	5.00 ± 0.31
Occupation	Personnel of organs / institutions	146	12.29	4.768	5.00 ± 0.23	22.017	0.001
	Medical personnel	90	7.58	4.819	5.00 ± 0.15
	Professional and technical personnel (excluding medical personnel)	95	8.00	4.672	4.92 ± 0.62
	Enterprise unit personnel	230	19.36	4.674	5.00 ± 0.38
	Business and service personnel	180	15.15	4.757	5.00 ± 0.15
	Student	170	14.31	4.586	5.00 ± 0.54
	Other employees and nonemployees	277	23.32	4.756	5.00 ± 0.23
Smoke	Smoke	109	9.18	4.546	5.00 ± 0.62	3.461	0.177
	Quit smoking	68	5.72	4.567	5.00 ± 0.42
	Never smoke	1011	85.10	4.744	5.00 ± 0.31
Drinking	Drink	432	36.36	4.687	5.00 ± 0.38	-2.684	0.007
	Never drink	756	63.64	4.732	5.00 ± 0.23

p-value is significant at p < 0.05