Table 1. Descriptive Data for the Younger Age (YA), Middle Age (MA), and Best/Older Age (OA) Groups.
| Behavior | YA |
MA |
OA |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Use of soap | 3.8 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| Use of disinfectant | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Trying not to touch one’s face | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| Average number of people met per daya | 3.2 | 10.6 | 2.1 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| Pathological hand-washing | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Importance of observing hand-washing | 3.6 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
| Attention to physical distance | 3.4 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| n | n female | n | n female | n | n female | |
| 150 | 116 | 86 | 59 | 48 | 30 | |
Note. Means and standard deviations for use of soap and disinfectant, trying not to touch one’s face, average amount of people met per day, pathological hand-washing, subjective importance of hand-washing, and attention to physical distancing (on 5-point scales starting at 0) for the three groups.
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