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. 2022 Aug 12;17(8):e0273112. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273112

Table 2. Subgroup analysis based on the characteristics of the included subjects.

Study characteristics No. of studies Acceptance rate (%) (95% CI) I2 p-value
Survey year
2020 9 73(65–81) 99.19% <0.001
2021 8 82(78–86) 98.17% <0.001
gender
male 16 83(78–88) 97.37% <0.001
female 16 80(74–85) 99.19% <0.001
age(year)
<30 11 81(75–86) 97.92% <0.001
30–39 8 73(60–85) 99.17% <0.001
40–49 8 81(69–90) 98.38% <0.001
≥50 11 86(76–93) 96.68% <0.001
Education Level
College degree or below 11 84(79–89) 97.54% <0.001
Bachelor degree 11 82(78–86) 98.25% <0.001
Postgraduate and above 11 79(72–86) 95.46% <0.001
Occupation
doctors 9 85(79–90) 96.96% <0.001
Nurses 10 76(68–83) 99.24% <0.001
others 10 84(82–87) 70.57% <0.001
Monthly income(yuan)
≤5000 5 85(75–94) 97.60% <0.001
5001–1000 5 84(73–92) 98.43% <0.001
>10000 4 78(55–94) 98.79% <0.001
region
Eastern 6 82(69–92) 99.31% <0.001
Southern 4 87(84–90) 89.10% <0.001
Western 7 80(68–90) 99.20% <0.001
Northern 2 79(77–80) 0% <0.001
Professional position
Junior or no 6 83(78–88) 98.63% <0.001
Middle 6 83(77–89) 97.57% <0.001
Senior 6 85(78–91) 94.62% <0.001
Marital status
Married 5 87(82–91) 95.33% <0.001
Unmarried 5 87(80–93) 94.54% <0.001
Others (Widowed or divorced) 4 70(38–95) 89.02% <0.001
Having chronic conditions
Yes 5 75(57–90) 98.06% <0.001
No 5 80(64–93) 99.68% <0.001
Time of employment(year)
≤5 5 83(78–87) 88.94% <0.001
6–10 5 85(80–89) 88.36% <0.001
11–20 4 85(79–89) 85.71% <0.001
>20 4 83(79–87) 77.17% <0.001
Participated in quarantine or had contact with confirmed cases
Yes 8 83(75–90) 98.82% <0.001
No 8 78(69–86) 99.31% <0.001