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. 2022 Jul 24;12(1):88. doi: 10.1007/s13278-022-00925-5

Table 8.

Logistic regressions of the perceived benefit of home confinement measures (n = 596)

Parameter Perceived benefit of home confinement measures in reducing the spread of the virus (0: “Strongly disagree”, “Somewhat disagree”, “Neither disagree nor agree” and “Somewhat agree”; 1: “Strongly agree”) Perceived benefit of home confinement measures as a personal protective measure against the virus (0: “Strongly disagree”, “Somewhat disagree”, “Neither disagree nor agree” and “Somewhat agree”; 1: “Strongly agree”)
OR P 95% CI OR P 95% CI
Participant has received trusted information about the benefit of home confinement from… (Yes = 1; No = 0)
 Medical and paramedical professionals 1.322 0.371 0.717–2.437 2.360 0.006** 1.285–4.335
 Journalists 1.931 0.030* 1.067–3.495 0.974 0.931 0.542–1.753
 Government members 1.949 0.014* 1.148–3.311 2.998 0.000*** 1.701–5.283
 Family members 0.799 0.494 0.420–1.520 1.631 0.149 0.839–3.173
 Friends 1.793 0.109 0.878–3.662 1.256 0.511 0.636–2.480
 Favorite YouTuber 4.334 0.008** 1.465–12.824 3.054 0.014* 1.249–7.468
 YouTubers in general 0.478 0.115 0.191–1.198 0.827 0.719 0.293–2.331
 Other Celebrities 0.530 0.550 0.066–4.266 0.601 0.671 0.058–6.271
 Other social media celebrities 0.466 0.388 0.082–2.643 0.379 0.334 0.052–2.740
Age 0.989 0.460 0.962–1.018 1.007 0.589 0.981–1.034
Sex (male = 1) 1.573 0.072 0.959–2.580 1.456 0.125 0.901–2.353
Loneliness 0.900 0.024* 0.822–0.986 0.862 0.002** 0.783–0.949
I live alone during quarantinea 0.599 0.141 0.303–1.185 0.721 0.337 0.370–1.406
Relationship statusb 1.003 0.993 0.574–1.750 1.174 0.578 0.667–2.066
Socio-professional category (Employed or independent = reference)
 Student 1.124 0.765 0.521–2.425 1.480 0.245 0.765–2.865
 Unemployed or retired 1.505 0.386 0.672–3.371 2.258 0.049* 1.003–5.082
 Level of educationc 1.251 0.386 0.684–2.290 0.355 0.355 0.752–2.218
 The rest of the population respects home confinement measuresd 0.618 0.093 0.352–1.083 0.468 0.004** 0.278–0.790
 Pseudo-R2 0.106 0.149

Bold values indicate statistical significance

 ∗ p < 0.05; ∗  ∗ p < 0.01; ∗  ∗  ∗ p < 0.001. OR: odd ratio. CI: confidence intervals. aI live alone during quarantine (Yes = 1, No = 0). bRelationship status (I am in a relationship = 1, I am single, separated, widowed = 0). cLevel of education (higher than high school diploma = 1). dThe rest of the population respects home confinement measures (“Strongly agree” and “Somewhat agree” = 1; “Strongly disagree,” “Somewhat disagree” and “Neither disagree nor agree” = 0)