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Table 1 General demographic information of the four groups, n (%)

From: Knowledge, attitudes, practices and information demand in relation to haze in China: a cross-sectional study

Demographic factors

College students

Occupational population

Traffic police

Elderly population

Total

Number of surveys

  

267

320

161

140

888

Age, mean ± SD

  

20.4 ± 2.2

43.5 ± 10.2

41.4 ± 8.9

65.6 ± 6.8

39.6 ± 1.9

Sex

 

Male

17 (6.4)

57 (17.8)

140 (87.0)

38 (27.1)

252 (28.4)

  

Female

250 (93.6)

263 (82.2)

21 (13.0)

102 (72.9)

636 (71.6)

Level of education

 

<High school

8 (3.0)

43 (13.4)

19 (11.8)

47 (33.6)

117 (13.2)

  

≥College

259 (97.0)

277 (86.6)

142 (88.2)

93 (66.4)

771 (86.8)

Exercise

 

No

30 (11.2)

21 (6.6)

29 (18.0)

3 (2.1)

83 (9.3)

  

Yes

237 (88.8)

299 (93.4)

132 (82.0)

137 (97.9)

807 (90.7)

Exercise frequency

 

< 3 times a week

211 (89.0)

198 (66.2)

104 (78.8)

69 (50.4)

582 (72.3)

  

≥3 times a week

26 (11.0)

101 (33.8)

28 (21.2)

68 (49.6)

223 (27.7)

Exercise location

 

Indoors

73 (30.8)

63 (21.1)

26 (19.7)

20 (14.6)

182 (22.6)

  

Outdoors

164 (69.2)

236 (78.9)

106 (80.3)

117 (85.4)

623 (77.4)

Illness

 

No

224 (83.9)

202 (63.1)

96 (59.6)

60 (42.9)

582 (65.5)

  

Yes

43 (16.1)

118 (36.9)

65 (40.4)

80 (57.1)

306 (34.5)

Attitude

Q1

Strongly disagree/disagree

80 (30.0)

88 (27.5)

50 (31.0)

40 (28.5)

258 (29.1)

  

Neither

147 (55.1)

172 (53.8)

86 (53.4)

74 (52.9)

479 (53.9)

  

Strongly agree/agree

40 (14.9)

60 (18.8)

25 (15.5)

26 (18.6)

151 (17.1)

 

Q2

Strongly disagree/disagree

44 (16.4)

11 (3.5)

10 (6.2)

5 (3.5)

70(7.9)

  

Neither

142 (53.2)

89 (27.8)

36 (22.4)

45 (32.1)

312 (35.1)

  

Strongly agree/agree

81 (30.3)

220 (68.8)

115 (71.5)

90 (64.3)

506 (57.0)

 

Q3

Strongly disagree/disagree

35 (13.1)

8 (2.5)

2 (1.2)

1 (0.7)

46 (5.2)

  

Neither

143 (53.6)

111 (34.7)

42 (26.1)

47 (33.6)

343 (38.6)

  

Strongly agree/agree

89 (33.3)

201 (62.8)

117 (72.7)

92 (65.7)

499 (56.2)

 

Q4

Strongly disagree/disagree

44 (16.5)

14 (4.4)

5 (3.1)

11 (7.8)

74 (8.3)

  

Neither

114 (42.7)

110 (34.4)

43 (26.7)

47 (33.6)

314 (35.4)

  

Strongly agree/agree

109 (40.8)

196 (61.2)

113 (70.2)

82 (58.6)

500 (56.3)

 

Q5

Strongly disagree/disagree

11 (4.1)

8 (2.5)

3 (1.9)

4 (2.8)

26 (2.9)

  

Neither

71 (26.6)

29 (9.1)

29 (18.0)

19 (13.6)

148 (16.7)

  

Strongly agree/agree

185 (69.3)

283 (88.4)

129 (80.1)

117 (83.6)

714 (80.4)

 

Q6

Strongly disagree/disagree

20 (7.5)

5 (1.5)

2 (1.2)

6 (4.3)

33 (3.7)

  

Neither

108 (40.4)

93 (29.1)

40 (24.8)

47 (33.6)

288 (32.4)

  

Strongly agree/agree

139 (52.1)

222 (69.4)

119 (73.9)

87 (62.1)

567 (63.8)

Practice levels

 

Good practice

77 (28.8)

147 (45.9)

69 (42.9)

59 (42.1)

352 (39.6)

  

Moderate practice

190 (71.2)

173 (54.1)

92 (57.1)

81 (57.9)

536 (60.4)

  1. Attitude Q: Attitude Question
  2. 1. Are you satisfied with the air quality in Changchun?
  3. 2. Will you know the latest haze situation issued by the authorities timely and accurately?
  4. 3. Have you paid attention to the haze weather?
  5. 4. Will you take protective measures initiatively?
  6. 5. Are you willing to reduce the impact of haze pollution through your own efforts?
  7. 6. Do you think every citizen is responsible for the haze pollution?