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Table 2 Personal protection behaviour and workplace policy among people with different occupations

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

  

Manager and administrator

Professional

Associate professional

Clerical support worker

Manual labourer1

Total

P-value2

N = 183

n (Col%)

N = 440

n (Col%)

N = 256

n (Col%)

N = 104

n (Col%)

N = 65

n (Col%)

N = 1048

n (Col%)

Hand Hygiene

Hand wash before meals

Never

0 (0.0)

2 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.3)

0.736

When needed

11 (6.0)

23 (5.2)

9 (3.5)

4 (3.9)

4 (6.2)

51 (4.9)

 

Sometimes

28 (15.3)

77 (17.5)

47 (18.4)

18 (17.3)

16 (24.6)

186 (17.8)

 

Always

144 (78.7)

338 (76.8)

200 (78.1)

81 (77.9)

45 (69.2)

808 (77.1)

 

Hand wash after toileting

Never

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

0.443

When needed

2 (1.1)

4 (0.9)

1 (0.4)

1 (1.0)

2 (3.1)

10 (1.0)

 

Sometimes

4 (2.2)

4 (0.9)

3 (1.2)

1 (1.0)

3 (4.6)

15 (1.4)

 

Always

177 (96.7)

431 (98.0)

252 (98.4)

102 (98.1)

60 (92.3)

1022 (97.5)

 

Use of alcohol hard rub

Never

6 (3.3)

26 (5.9)

12 (4.7)

4 (3.9)

5 (7.7)

53 (5.1)

0.812

When needed

27 (14.8)

57 (13.0)

39 (15.2)

14 (13.5)

12 (18.5)

149 (14.2)

 

Sometimes

41 (22.4)

117 (26.6)

57 (22.3)

27 (26.0)

13 (20.0)

255 (24.3)

 

Always

109 (59.6)

240 (54.6)

148 (57.8)

59 (56.7)

35 (53.9)

591 (56.4)

 

Face Mask

Wear mask

Never

0 (0.0)

2 (0.5)

1 (0.4)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (0.4)

0.599

When needed

3 (1.6)

7 (1.6)

3 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.1)

15 (1.4)

 

Sometimes

7 (3.8)

10 (2.3)

7 (2.7)

1 (1.0)

4 (6.2)

29 (2.8)

 

Always

173 (94.5)

421 (95.7)

245 (95.7)

102 (98.1)

59 (90.8)

1000 (95.4)

 

Household Hygiene

Put disinfectants into toilets

Never

68 (37.2)

173 (39.3)

96 (37.5)

32 (30.8)

21 (32.3)

390 (37.2)

0.042*

When needed

42 (23.0)

117 (26.6)

50 (19.5)

33 (31.7)

14 (21.5)

256 (24.4)

 

Sometimes

29 (15.9)

75 (17.1)

48 (18.8)

21 (20.2)

20 (30.8)

193 (18.4)

 

Always

44 (24.0)

75 (17.1)

62 (24.2)

18 (17.3)

10 (15.4)

209 (19.9)

 

Put disinfectants into drain-pipe

Never

58 (31.7)

160 (36.4)

100 (39.1)

37 (35.6)

20 (30.8)

375 (35.8)

0.108

When needed

52 (28.4)

133 (30.2)

60 (23.4)

24 (23.1)

24 (36.9)

293 (28.0)

 

Sometimes

38 (20.8)

77 (17.5)

48 (18.8)

27 (26.0)

17 (26.2)

207 (19.8)

 

Always

35 (19.1)

70 (15.9)

48 (18.8)

16 (15.4)

4 (6.2)

173 (16.5)

 

Social Distancing

Avoid leaving home

Never

7 (3.8)

15 (3.4)

9 (3.5)

1 (1.0)

4 (6.2)

36 (3.4)

0.947

When needed

30 (16.4)

68 (15.5)

45 (17.6)

17 (16.4)

10 (15.4)

170 (16.2)

 

Sometimes

55 (30.1)

135 (30.7)

70 (27.3)

28 (26.9)

18 (27.7)

306 (29.2)

 

Always

91 (49.7)

222 (50.5)

132 (51.6)

58 (55.8)

33 (50.8)

536 (51.2)

 

Avoid contacting neighbor

Never

11 (6.0)

20 (4.6)

20 (7.8)

2 (1.9)

3 (4.6)

56 (5.3)

0.377

When needed

21 (11.5)

57 (13.0)

29 (11.3)

12 (11.5)

11 (16.9)

130 (12.4)

 

Sometimes

35 (19.1)

82 (18.6)

41 (16.0)

26 (25.0)

16 (24.6)

200 (19.1)

 

Always

116 (63.4)

281 (63.9)

166 (64.8)

64 (61.5)

35 (53.9)

662 (63.2)

 

Availability of workplace guidelines and measures

 

No

22 (12.0)

38 (8.6)

19 (7.4)

12 (11.5)

15 (23.1)

106 (10.1)

0.003**

 

Yes

161 (88.0)

402 (91.4)

237 (92.6)

92 (88.5)

50 (76.9)

942 (89.9)

 
  1. Note: 1. Manual labourer: service/sales workers and craft workers, plant/machine operators and assemblers, elementary workers, and farm workers, animal husbandry workers and fishermen, occupations unidentifiable or inadequately described. 2. These P value came from Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test
  2. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01
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