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Table 5 Factors associated with protective behaviors

From: 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

Predictor

Number (%) of respondents with a summed average behavior score > 3

Unadjusted

Adjusted

OR

p

OR

95% Confidence Interval

p

Gender

 Male (Reference)

802 (67.5)

      

 Female

1219 (73.6)

1.34

< 0.001

1.21

1.00

1.44

0.040

Age (years)

  

0.001

   

0.009

  < 25 (Reference)

811 (67.4)

      

 25–40

901 (73.1)

1.32

0.002

1.31

1.01

1.69

0.040

  > 40

30 (75.7)

1.51

0.002

1.79

1.25

2.58

0.002

Education

     

  < University (Reference)

1424 (72.4)

      

 University

597 (67.9)

1.24

0.014

1.11

0.91

1.35

0.298

Marital status

 Not married (Reference)

1043 (67.9)

      

 Married

978 (74.7)

1.39

< 0.001

1.03

0.79

1.34

0.832

Area

 Other region (Reference)

1368 (70.9)

      

 High-risk area

653 (71.4)

1.02

0.790

1.03

0.85

1.25

0.756

Knowledge

 Lower level (Reference)

1232 (66.1)

      

 High level

789 (80.3)

2.09

< 0.001

1.77

1.46

2.15

< 0.001

Perceived susceptibility

  ≤ 3 (Reference)

1417 (70.3)

      

  > 3 (High)

604 (72.8)

1.13

0.191

1.01

0.73

1.38

0.966

Perceived severity

  ≤ 3 (Reference)

78 (48.8)

      

  > 3 (High)

1943 (72.4)

2.75

< 0.001

1.90

1.54

2.34

< 0.001

Perceived controllability

  ≤ 3 (Reference)

851 (71.5)

      

  > 3 (High)

1170 (70.7)

0.96

0.635

1.03

0.85

1.24

0.769

Negative emotion

  ≤ 3 (Reference)

379 (62.2)

      

  > 3 (High)

1642 (73.4)

1.68

< 0.001

1.36

1.10

1.68

0.005

Self-reported health

  ≤ 3 (Reference)

451 (58.6)

      

  > 3 (Good)

1570 (75.6)

2.19

< 0.001

1.94

1.61

2.34

< 0.001

Information attention

  ≤ 3 (Reference)

32 (20.5)

      

  > 3 (High)

1989 (74.0)

3.69

< 0.001

4.16

2.74

6.32

< 0.001

Trust in official media

  ≤ 3 (Reference)

162 (49.7)

      

  > 3 (High)

1859 (73.8)

2.85

< 0.001

1.97

1.52

2.56

< 0.001

  1. Note:Unadjusted OR was based on unary logistic regression, then incorporate all variables into the model to produce adjusted results