Table 2 Sociodemographic and health characteristics (n = 1000)
From: Reuse of face masks among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sociodemographic and health characteristic | Frequency (percentage) | x2 | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All subjects (n = 1000) | Subjects who reuse face masks | ||||
Yes (n = 345) | No (n = 655) | ||||
Age |  |  |  | 82.511 | <  0.001*** |
 20–29 | 155 (15.5) | 49 (31.6) | 106 (68.4) |  |  |
 30–39 | 187 (18.7) | 34 (18.2) | 153 (81.8) |  |  |
 40–49 | 184 (18.4) | 48 (26.1) | 136 (73.9) |  |  |
 50–59 | 205 (20.5) | 70 (34.1) | 135 (65.9) |  |  |
 60–69 | 144 (14.4) | 75 (52.1) | 69 (47.9) |  |  |
 70–79 | 70 (7.0) | 30 (42.9) | 40 (57.1) |  |  |
 80+ | 55 (5.5) | 39 (70.9) | 16 (29.1) |  |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 0.251 | 0.616 |
 Male | 450 (45.0) | 151 (33.6) | 299 (66.4) |  |  |
 Female | 550 (55.0) | 194 (35.3) | 356 (64.7) |  |  |
Education level | |||||
 Below primary | 32 (3.2) | 19 (59.4) | 13 (40.6) | 54.632 | <  0.001*** |
 Primary | 102 (10.2) | 65 (63.7) | 37 (36.3) |  |  |
 Secondary | 392 (39.2) | 117 (29.8) | 275 (70.2) |  |  |
 Tertiary and above | 474 (47.4) | 144 (30.4) | 330 (69.6) |  |  |
Living status | Â | Â | Â | 10.987 | 0.001** |
 Live alone | 105 (10.5) | 52 (49.5) | 53 (50.5) |  |  |
 Live with others | 895 (89.5) | 293 (32.7) | 602 (67.3) |  |  |
Health status | |||||
 Healthy (not on medication) | 835 (83.5) | 263 (31.5) | 572 (68.5) | 19.398 | <  0.001*** |
 With chronic diseases (on long-term medication) | 165 (16.5) | 82 (49.7) | 83 (50.3) |  |  |
| Â | Â | Mean (SD) | Â | t | p |
Number of face masks at hand | 90 (192.7) | 83 | 93 | −0.829 | 0.408 |