COVID-19 measures in Belgium: how perception and adherence of the general population differ between time periods

BMC Public Health

Table 7 Personal characteristics associated with past and future adherence to COVID-19 measures

Characteristic^a	Past adherence^b		Intended adherence^b
Characteristic^a	B-value (CI)	p-value	B-value (CI)	p-value
Intercept	3.9 (3.8;4.1)	< .001	3.6 (3.5;3.8)	< .001
Language
French	−0.2 (−0.2;−0.1)	< .001
Dutch	Ref	Ref
Region				< .001
Flanders			0.2 (0.1;0.2)	< .001
Brussels			0.1 (0.0;0.2)	.003
Wallonia			Ref	Ref
Gender
Male	−0.1 (−0.1;−0.1)	< .001	-0.1 (− 0.1;0.0)	.008
Female	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Age		< .001		< .001
18–30 years	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
31–45 years	0.2 (0.1;0.3)	< .001	0.2 (0.1;0.3)	< .001
46–60 years	0.3 (0.3;0.4)	< .001	0.3 (0.3;0.4)	< .001
61–75 years	0.5 (0.3;0.6)	< .001	0.4 (0.3;0.6)	< .001
76 years and over	0.5 (0.3;0.6)	< .001	0.5 (0.3;0.6)	< .001
Occupation		.017		.014
No, incapacitated to work	0.2 (0.1;0.2)	.001	0.2 (0.1;0.3)	.001
No, prepension	0.0 (−0.2;0.1)	.629	-0.1 (−0.3;0.1)	.336
No, pension	0.0 (−0.1;0.1)	.680	0.1 (−0.1;0.2)	.397
No, unemployed	0.0 (−0.1;0.1)	.726	0.0 (−0.1;0.2)	.692
No, student	0.0 (−0.1;0.1)	.372	0.0 (−0.1;0.1)	.522
No, homemaker	0.1 (0.0;0.2)	.184	0.1 (−0.1;0.2)	.276
No, never or not yet worked	−0.2 (− 0.5;0.1)	.113	− 0.3 (− 0.6;0.1)	.117
Yes	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Confirmed infection with symptoms
No	0.2 (0.1;0.3)	.001	0.2 (0.1;0.4)	< .001
Yes	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Survey
September 2020	0.1 (0.1;0.2)	< .001	0.1 (0.1;0.2)	< .001
April/May 2021	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref

Past adherence model: R² = .076; adjusted R² = .075
Future adherence model: R² = .066; adjusted R² = .062
^aOther characteristics that were also included as potential predictors, but did not have a significant association in either model, were annual income, score for health today, household composition and educational level.
^bThe sample size of both multivariate analyses was 3989.

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