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. 2022 Dec 2;12:20863. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25353-5

Table 5.

Multiple linear regression with respect to preventive practices for total and by age groups.

Total Age groups
Standardised β global p-level* Standardised β 18–29 years p-level* Standardised β 61 years or over p-level*
Sex (ref: Male)
Female 0.13 < 0.001 0.20 0.000 0.10 0.095
Age (ref: 18–29 years)
30–44 0.13 < 0.001
45–60 0.20 < 0.001
61 years or over 0.20 < 0.001
Level of education (ref: Low)
Medium–Low − 0.03 0.357 − 0.11 0.190 − 0.04 0.584
Medium–High − 0.09 0.007 − 0.15 0.112 − 0.05 0.461
High − 0.13 < 0.001 − 0.21 0.047 − 0.20 0.008
Round (ref: round 4)
Round 5 0.05 0.074 0.02 0.774 0.08 0.286
Round 6 0.05 0.071 − 0.02 0.743 0.03 0.670
Someone close to you has died from coronavirus (0 = No, 1 = Yes) − 0.03 0.23 0.06 0.212 0.02 0.673
Knowledge (scale 1–10) 0.09 < 0.001 0.11 0.051 0.07 0.223
Health literacy (scale of 0–50) 0.07 0.002 0.03 0.590 0.05 0.373
Attitudes: measures were exaggerated (scale 1–5) − 0.11 < 0.001 − 0.11 0.077 − 0.06 0.335
Concern about coronavirus (scale 1–5) 0.22 < 0.001 0.16 0.018 0.21 0.002
Rate of expansion (scale 1–5) 0.17 < 0.001 0.06 0.369 0.12 0.083
Feeling depressed (scale 1–5) − 0.02 0.531 0.03 0.614 − 0.08 0.262
Fear (scale 1–5) 0.04 0.131 0.03 0.623 0.06 0.428
Risk perception: severity (scale 1–5) − 0.01 0.542 − 0.02 0.666 − 0.01 0.889
Information seeking (scale 1–5) 0.07 0.002 0.24 0.000 0.02 0.678
Pandemic fatigue (scale 6–30) − 0.07 0.005 − 0.10 0.063 − 0.13 0.037

*All p-values are two-sided.