The impacts of knowledge, risk perception, emotion and information on citizens’ protective behaviors during the outbreak of COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in China

Table 1 Sociodemographic Characteristics of Respondents

Characteristics	Total		High-Risk Areas		Other Regions		p
Characteristics	n = 2845	%	n = 915	%	n = 1930	%	p
Residency							< 0.001
Rural	1462	51.4	579	63.3	883	45.8
Urban	1383	48.6	336	39.6	1047	54.2
Gender							0.028
Male	1188	41.8	409	44.7	779	40.4
Female	1657	58.2	506	55.3	1151	59.6
Age (years)							< 0.001
< 25	1204	42.3	399	43.6	805	41.7
25–40	1233	43.3	419	45.8	814	42.2
> 40	408	14.3	97	10.6	311	16.1
Education							< 0.001
No university degree	879	30.9	337	36.8	542	28.1
University degree	1966	69.1	578	63.2	1388	71.9
Marital status							0.189
Not married	1535	54.0	510	55.7	1025	53.1
Married	1310	46.0	405	44.3	905	46.9
Living with vulnerable people							0.758
No	813	28.6	258	28.2	555	28.8
Yes	2032	71.4	657	71.8	1375	71.2
Self-reported health							0.351
Poor	769	27.0	237	25.9	532	27.6
Good	1073	73.0	678	74.1	1398	72.4

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