Table 1 Comparison of demographic characteristics by preventive behavior domains
From: COVID-19 preventive behaviors and influencing factors in the Iranian population; a web-based survey
Preventive behavior | ||||||||||||||
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Individual behavior | Entering guidelines | Leaving guidelines | Personal belongings’ guidelines | |||||||||||
N (%) | Mean (SD) | *T/F | P | Mean (SD) | *T/F | P | Mean (SD) | *T/F | P | Mean (SD) | *T/F | P | ||
Gender | Female | 1503 (71.7) | 8.12 (2.40) | 9.84 | <.001 | 6.038 (5.205) | 9.16 | <.001 | 5.423 (1.891) | 13.06 | <.001 | 3.859 (1.41) | 8.65 | <.001 |
Male | 594 (28.3) | 6.93 (2.70) | 5.205 (2.107) | 4.161 (2.133) | 3.237 (1.65) | |||||||||
Age | < 20 | 83 (4) | 7.59 (2.55) | 1.56 | .166 | 5.54 (1.93) | 4.72 | <.001 | 5.03(2.18) | 3.46 | .004 | 3.61 (1.56) | 1.68 | .135 |
20–30 | 698 (33.8) | 7.64 (2.61) | 5.59 (1.98) | 4.81 (2.08) | 3.66 (1.46) | |||||||||
31–40 | 775 (37.5) | 7.95 (2.44) | 5.85 (1.88) | 5.15 (2.02) | 3.76 (1.49) | |||||||||
41–50 | 330 (16) | 7.81 (2.56) | 6.17 (1.72) | 5.31 (1.97) | 3.65 (1.55) | |||||||||
51–60 | 152 (7.4) | 7.72 (2.65) | 5.75 (1.98) | 5.14 (1.94) | 3.55 (1.58) | |||||||||
> 60 | 30 (1.5) | 7.23 (2.67) | 5.6 (2.11) | 5.33 (2) | 3.06 (1.68) | |||||||||
Marital status | Single | 775 (37) | 7.72 (2.57) | .70 | .54 | 5.57 (1.98) | 5.91 | .001 | 4.83 (2.08) | 5.51 | .001 | 3.60 (1.49) | 1.91 | .12 |
Married | 1242 (59.2) | 7.81 (2.55) | 5.92 (1.87) | 5.19 (2.01) | 3.72 (1.52) | |||||||||
Divorce | 64 (3.1) | 8.5 (1.89) | 6.31 (1.53) | 5.43 (1.75) | 3.31 (1.49) | |||||||||
Widowed | 16 (.8) | 7.93 (2.42) | 5.96 (1.60) | 5.32 (1.79) | 3.93 (1.40) | |||||||||
Education | High school | 449 (21.3) | 7.47 (2.65) | 4.43 | .012 | 5.71 (1.97) | .814 | .443 | 5.10 (2.03) | 2.18 | .113 | 3.52 (1.59) | 5.52 | .004 |
Graduate | 1036 (49.4) | 7.88 (2.58) | 5.85 (1.89) | 5.13 (2.03) | 3.78 (1.47) | |||||||||
Postgraduate | 615 (29.3) | 7.85 (2.39) | 5.78 (1.89) | 4.92 (2.05) | 3.62 (1.49) | |||||||||
Occupation | Unemployed | 613 (29.2) | 7.89 (2.52) | 3.30 | .010 | 5.94 (1.78) | 2.33 | .054 | 5.35 (1.89) | 5.18 | <.001 | 3.85 (1.49) | 4.32 | .002 |
Farmer/worker | 37 (1.8) | 6.78 (2.46) | 5.21 (1.88) | 4.41 (2.14) | 3.29 (1.57) | |||||||||
Government Employee | 669 (31.9) | 7.87 (2.58) | 5.81 (1.95) | 5.00 (2.11) | 3.59 (1.530 | |||||||||
Self employed | 451 (21.5) | 7.52 (2.62) | 5.72 (1.97) | 4.87 (2.07) | 3.54 (1.54) | |||||||||
student | 327 (15.6) | 7.91 (2.40) | 5.67 (1.94) | 4.99 (2.04) | 3.75 (1.38) | |||||||||
Economic Status | Good | 400 (19.1) | 8.17 (2.41) | 10.14 | <.001 | 6.07 (1.75) | 9.9 | <.001 | 5.38 (1.90) | 5.79 | .003 | 3.77 (1.48) | .835 | .434 |
Average | 1431 (68.2) | 7.77 (2.52) | 5.80 (1.90) | 4.99 (2.04) | 3.65 (1.51) | |||||||||
Bad | 266 (12.7) | 7.27 (2.78) | 5.40 (2.08) | 4.97 (2.16) | 3.68 (1.53) | |||||||||
Chronic health condition | Yes | 175 (8.3) | 7.78 (2.62) | −.19 | .84 | 5.81 (2.06) | .18 | .85 | 5.04 (2.02) | −.29 | .76 | 3.71 (1.51) | −.16 | .87 |
No | 1504 (71.7) | 7.82 (2.50) | 5.78 (1.87) | 5.09 (2.01) | 3.73 (1.47) | |||||||||