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Table 1 Socio-demographics characteristics and personal protection behaviours of survey participants

From: Unequal availability of workplace policy for prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 across occupations and its relationship with personal protection behaviours: a cross-sectional survey

 

Hand Hygiene

Face Mask

Household Hygiene

Social distancing

 

“Always” hand wash before meals

“Always” hand wash after toileting

“Always” use alcohol hand rub

“Always” wear mask

“Always” put disinfectants into toilets

“Always” put disinfectants in drain pipe

“Always” avoid leaving home

“Always” avoid contact neighbours

Total

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age group

 18–29

150 (17.0)

213 (20.8)

117 (19.8)

209 (20.9)

38 (18.2)

32 (18.5)

100 (18.7)

136 (20.5)

217 (20.7)

 30–39

234 (26.6)

291 (28.5)

170 (28.8)

281 (28.1)

46 (22.0)

44 (25.4)

154 (28.7)

183 (27.6)

294 (28.0)

 40–49

273 (31.0)

337 (33.0)

206 (34.9)

330 (33.0)

80 (38.3)

62 (35.8)

183 (34.1)

223 (33.7)

345 (32.9)

 50–59

126 (14.3)

154 (15.1)

82 (13.9)

154 (15.4)

39 (18.7)

29 (16.8)

82 (15.3)

101 (15.3)

163 (15.6)

 60+

25 (2.8)

27 (2.6)

16 (2.7)

26 (2.6)

6 (2.9)

6 (3.5)

17 (3.2)

19 (2.9)

29 (2.8)

P-value1

0.049*

0.014*

0.227

0.471

0.147

0.353

0.684

0.279

 

Gender

 Female

560 (63.6)

695 (68.0)

441 (74.6)

684 (68.4)

149 (71.3)

124 (71.7)

390 (72.8)

474 (71.6)

712 (67.9)

 Male

248 (28.2)

327 (32.0)

150 (25.4)

316 (31.6)

60 (28.7)

49 (28.3)

146 (27.2)

188 (28.4)

336 (32.1)

P-value1

0.357

0.819

< 0.001**

0.425

0.055

0.424

0.002**

0.005**

 

Marital status

 Never married

319 (36.3)

437 (42.8)

240 (40.6)

425 (42.5)

83 (39.7)

66 (38.2)

212 (39.6)

275 (41.5)

444 (42.4)

 Married

438 (49.8)

518 (50.7)

312 (52.8)

510 (51.0)

106 (50.7)

95 (54.9)

291 (54.3)

347 (52.4)

534 (51.0)

 Cohabiting

14 (1.6)

22 (2.2)

12 (2.0)

20 (2.0)

5 (2.4)

4 (2.3)

12 (2.2)

10 (1.5)

23 (2.2)

 Divorced/ separated

31 (3.5)

38 (3.7)

23 (3.9)

38 (3.8)

12 (5.7)

5 (2.9)

19 (3.5)

27 (4.1)

39 (3.7)

 Windowed

6 (0.7)

7 (0.7)

4 (0.7)

7 (0.7)

3 (1.4)

3 (1.7)

2 (0.4)

3 (0.5)

8 (0.8)

P-value1

0.011*

0.113

0.806

< 0.001**

0.518

0.592

0.008**

< 0.001**

 

Living arrangement

 Alone

49 (5.6)

63 (6.2)

33 (5.6)

60 (6.0)

11 (5.3)

9 (5.2)

32 (6.0)

41 (6.2)

68 (6.5)

 With family

733 (83.3)

921 (90.1)

537 (90.9)

905 (90.5)

186 (89.0)

158 (91.3)

481 (89.7)

596 (90.0)

942 (89.9)

 With others

26 (3.0)

38 (3.7)

21 (3.6)

35 (3.5)

12 (5.7)

6 (3.5)

23 (4.3)

25 (3.8)

38 (3.6)

P-value1

0.323

0.202

0.044*

< 0.001**

0.007**

0.037*

0.788

0.121

 

Education attainment

 Lower secondary school

4 (0.5)

8 (0.8)

5 (0.8)

9 (0.9)

3 (1.4)

3 (1.7)

4 (0.7)

6 (0.9)

10 (1.0)

 Higher secondary school

78 (8.9)

100 (9.8)

54 (9.1)

98 (9.8)

17 (8.1)

15 (8.7)

57 (10.6)

68 (10.3)

103 (9.8)

 Preparatory Course

119 (13.5)

144 (14.1)

88 (14.9)

143 (14.3)

28 (13.4)

21 (12.1)

75 (14.0)

87 (13.1)

148 (14.1)

 Undergraduate or above

607 (69.0)

770 (75.3)

444 (75.1)

750 (75.0)

161 (77.0)

134 (77.5)

400 (74.6)

501 (75.7)

787 (75.1)

P-value1

0.280

0.084

0.944

0.563

0.034*

0.538

0.480

0.816

 

Work status

 Full-time

735 (83.5)

927 (90.7)

535 (90.5)

907 (90.7)

191 (91.4)

155 (89.6)

477 (89.0)

587 (88.7)

950 (90.7)

 Part-time

73 (8.3)

95 (9.3)

56 (9.5)

93 (9.3)

18 (8.6)

18 (10.4)

59 (11.0)

75 (11.3)

98 (9.4)

P-value1

0.838

0.942

0.812

0.866

0.276

0.511

0.226

0.017*

 

Workplace policy

 Available

738 (83.9)

923 (90.3)

536 (90.7)

905 (90.5)

187 (89.5)

154 (89.0)

485 (90.5)

600 (90.6)

942 (89.9)

 Not available

70 (8.0)

99 (9.7)

55 (9.3)

95 (9.5)

22 (10.5)

19 (11.0)

51 (9.5)

62 (9.4)

106 (10.1)

P-value1

0.030*

0.027*

0.740

0.004**

0.996

0.980

0.465

0.339

 

Total

880 (100.0)

1022 (100.0)

591 (100.0)

1000 (100.0)

209 (100.0)

173 (100.0)

536 (100.0)

662 (100.0)

1048(100.0)

  1. Note: 1. These P value came from Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test
  2. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01