Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in South Korea

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Determinants of preventive behaviors toward COVID-19

Variables	Wearing facial masks			Practicing hand hygiene			Avoiding crowded places
Variables	B	Beta	p-Value	B	Beta	p-Value	B	Beta	p-Value
Constant	2.13		< 0.001	1.86		< 0.001	1.66		< 0.001
Gender^a	0.1	0.1	< 0.001	0.15	0.12	< 0.001	0.02	0.01	0.78
Age	0.001	0.001	0.98	0.01	0.01	0.77	0.12	0.19	< 0.001
Education level	0.02	0.07	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.45	−0.03	− 0.04	0.26
Income level	−0.008	− 0.01	0.76	− 0.01	− 0.01	0.81	0.008	0.01	0.98
Marital status	0.04	0.04	0.32	0.06	0.04	0.33	−0.03	−0.02	0.69
Residence^b	−0.06	−0.04	0.19	−0.08	− 0.04	0.22	0.07	0.03	0.37
Presence of children^c	−0.03	−0.03	0.42	0.03	0.02	0.61	0.02	0.01	0.78
Knowledge score	0.007	0.01	0.73	0.01	0.02	0.52	−0.05	−0.06	0.05
Perceived susceptibility	0.03	0.04	0.2	0.06	0.08	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.68
Perceived severity	0.02	0.03	0.29	0.007	0.008	0.98	−0.04	−0.03	0.29
Efficacy belief	0.35	0.31	< 0.001	0.30	0.20	< 0.001	0.34	0.22	< 0.001
Adjusted R²	0.12			0.06			0.09

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