Table 6.
Associations between highest risk social mixing and wearing a face covering and amount heard about Omicron, perceived worry, risk to self and risk to people in the UK
|
Attribute |
Level | Highest risk social mixing | Always wearing a face covering in shops | Always wearing a face covering in hospitality venues | |||||||||
| Wave 63.5‡ | Wave 64§ | Wave 63.5¶ | Wave 64** | Wave 63.5†† | Wave 64 ‡‡ | ||||||||
| aOR for engaging in highest risk social mixing (95% CI) | P value | aOR for engaging in highest risk social mixing (95% CI) | aOR for wearing a face covering in shops (95% CI) | P value | aOR for wearing a face covering in shops (95% CI) | P value | aOR for wearing a face covering in hospitality venues (95% CI) | P value | aOR for wearing a face covering in hospitality venues (95% CI) | P value | |||
| Amount heard about Omicron variant* | I have not seen or heard anything (1) to I have seen or heard a lot (4) | 1.03 (0.88 to 1.20) | 0.72 | 1.08 (0.94 to 1.24) | 0.30 | 1.46 (1.19 to 1.79) | <0.001 | 1.32 (1.09 to 1.59) | 0.004 | 1.12 (0.89 to 1.40) | 0.34 | 1.25 (1.02 to 1.53) | 0.03 |
| Worry about COVID-19* | Not at all worried (1) to extremely worried (5) | 0.79 (0.71 to 0.88) | <0.001 | 0.73 (0.66 to 0.80) | <0.001 | 1.43 (1.24 to 1.65) | <0.001 | 1.44 (1.26 to 1.64) | <0.001 | 1.55 (1.31 to 1.84) | <0.001 | 1.34 (1.17 to 1.55) | <0.001 |
| Worry about Omicron variant† | Not at all worried (1) to extremely worried (5) | 0.76 (0.65 to 0.89) | 0.001 | 0.93 (0.79 to 1.09) | 0.35 | 1.24 (1.00 to 1.53) | 0.05 | 1.35 (1.09 to 1.68) | 0.006 | 1.18 (0.95 to 1.47) | 0.13 | 1.26 (1.02 to 1.56) | 0.03 |
| Amount heard about Omicron variant* | I have not seen or heard anything (1) to I have seen or heard a lot (4) | 0.99 (0.85 to 1.15) | 0.88 | 1.03 (0.89 to 1.18) | 0.69 | 1.50 (1.22 to 1.84) | <0.001 | 1.33 (1.10 to 1.61) | 0.003 | 1.17 (0.93 to 1.46) | 0.17 | 1.32 (1.08 to 1.62) | 0.007 |
| Perceived risk of COVID-19 to self* | No risk at all (1) to major risk (5) | 0.85 (0.76 to 0.94) | 0.001 | 0.78 (0.71 to 0.86) | <0.001 | 1.39 (1.21 to 1.60) | <0.001 | 1.25 (1.10 to 1.41) | <0.001 | 1.35 (1.16 to 1.57) | <0.001 | 1.24 (1.09 to 1.41) | 0.001 |
| Perceived risk of Omicron variant to self† | No risk at all (1) to major risk (5) | 0.85 (0.72 to 0.99) | 0.04 | 0.91 (0.78 to 1.05) | 0.20 | 1.20 (0.97 to 1.48) | 0.09 | 1.23 (1.00 to 1.50) | 0.05 | 1.26 (0.99 to 1.60) | 0.06 | 1.03 (0.83 to 1.27) | 0.81 |
| Amount heard about Omicron variant* | I have not seen or heard anything (1) to I have seen or heard a lot (4) | 1.00 (0.86 to 1.17) | 0.98 | 1.03 (0.90 to 1.19) | 0.65 | 1.53 (1.25 to 1.87) | <0.001 | 1.35 (1.12 to 1.63) | 0.002 | 1.16 (0.93 to 1.45) | 0.19 | 1.32 (1.08 to 1.63) | 0.007 |
| Perceived risk of COVID-19 to people in UK* | No risk at all (1) to major risk (5) | 0.82 (0.73 to 0.91) | <0.001 | 0.83 (0.76 to 0.92) | <0.001 | 1.28 (1.11 to 1.49) | 0.001 | 1.41 (1.23 to 1.61) | <0.001 | 1.41 (1.20 to 1.67) | <0.001 | 1.28 (1.11 to 1.48) | 0.001 |
| Perceived risk of Omicron variant to people in UK† | No risk at all (1) to major risk (5) | 0.93 (0.80 to 1.09) | 0.37 | 0.91 (0.78 to 1.05) | 0.20 | 1.33 (1.09 to 1.63) | 0.006 | 1.37 (1.12 to 1.68) | 0.002 | 1.42 (1.14 to 1.78) | 0.002 | 1.20 (0.98 to 1.46) | 0.08 |
Bolding denotes significant findings (p<0.002).
*Adjusting for all other sociodemographic characteristics; amount heard about Omicron, and worry about COVID-19/perceived risk of COVID-19 to self/perceived risk of COVID-19 to people in the UK.
†Adjusting for all other sociodemographic characteristics; amount heard about Omicron, and worry about COVID-19/perceived risk of COVID-19 to self/perceived risk of COVID-19 to people in the UK; and Omicron-specific worry/perceived risk to self/perceived to people in the UK.
‡A total of 1622 people were eligible for inclusion in highest risk social mixing analyses. There were different amounts of missing data depending on variables included in the models, so n ranged between 1439 and 1446 for different models.
§A total of 1841 people were eligible for inclusion in highest risk social mixing analyses. There were different amounts of missing data depending on variables included in the models, so n ranged between 1668 and 1689 for different models.
¶A total of 1404 people were eligible for inclusion in wearing a face covering in shops analyses (sample limited to people who reported having been out shopping in the last week). There were different amounts of missing data depending on variables included in the models, so n ranged between 1247 and 1266 for different models.
**A total of 1600 people were eligible for inclusion in wearing a face covering in shops analyses (sample limited to people who reported having been out shopping in the last week). There were different amounts of missing data depending on variables included in the models, so n ranged between 1454 and 1475 for different models.
††A total of 789 people were eligible for inclusion in wearing a face covering in hospitality venues analyses (sample limited to people who reported having been out to hospitality venues in the last week). There were different amounts of missing data depending on variables included in the models, so n ranged between 700 and 713 for different models.
‡‡A total of 894 people were eligible for inclusion in wearing a face covering in hospitality venues analyses (sample limited to people who reported having been out to hospitality venues in the last week). There were different amounts of missing data depending on variables included in the models, so n ranged between 817 and 829 for different models.
aOR, adjusted OR.