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. 2022 Sep 24;33(6):1004–1012. doi: 10.1038/s41370-022-00479-w

Table 2.

Amount of hand sanitizer used by adults in different age groupsa.

Amount 19–34 35–49 50–64 65 +  Total
Pump n = 146 n = 121 n = 121 n = 55 n = 443
0.5 21 (15–28) n = 30 12 (7.7–19) n = 15 14 (9–21) n = 17 27 (17-40) n = 15 17 (14–21) n = 77
1 54 (46–62) n = 79 69 (61–77) n = 84 61 (52–69) n = 74 55 (42–67) n = 30 60 (56–65) n = 267
2 21 (15–29) n = 31 14 (9–21) n = 17 21 (15–30) n = 26 18 (10–30) n = 10 19 (16–23) n = 84
3+ 4.1 (1.9–8.7) n = 6 4.1 (1.8–9.3) n = 5 3.3 (1.3–8.2) n = 4 n = 0 3.4 (2.1–5.5) n = 15
Squeeze n = 158 n = 95 n = 86 n = 33 n = 372
0.5 16 (11–22) n = 25 17 (11–26) n = 16 17 (11–27) n = 15 21 (11–38) n = 7 17 (13–21) n = 63
1 58 (50–66) n = 92 57 (47–66) n = 54 56 (45–66) n = 48 67 (50–80) n = 22 58 (53–63) n = 216
2 23 (17–30) n = 36 20 (13–29) n = 19 21 (14–31) n = 18 12 (4.8–27) n = 4 21 (17–25) n = 77
3+ 3.2 (1.4–7.2) n = 5 6.3 (2.9–13) n = 6 5.8 (2.5–13) n = 5 n = 0 4.3 (2.7–6.9) n = 16
Spray n = 89 n = 49 n = 48 n = 22 n = 208
0.5 6.7 (3.1–14) n = 6 8.2 (3.2–19) n = 4 8.3 (3.3–20) n = 4 n = 0 6.7 (4.1–11) n = 14
1 39 (30–50) n = 35 47 (34–61) n = 23 40 (27–54) n = 19 82 (61–93) n = 18 46 (39–52) n = 95
2 36 (27–46) n = 32 24 (15–38) n = 12 40 (27–54) n = 19 18 (7.3–39) n = 4 32 (26–39) n = 67
3+ 18 (11–27) n = 16 20 (11–34) n = 10 12 (5.9–25) n = 6 n = 0 15 (11–21) n = 32

Respondents provided amounts for up to two types each.

aValues represent percent of adults in each age group and type with the 95% confidence interval in parentheses; n equals number of adults in the category.