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Table 2 Compliance with recommended preventive behaviors and social distancing

From: Better than my neighbor? Testing for overconfidence in COVID-19 preventive behaviors in Latin America

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

Compliance with preventive behaviors

Compliance with social distancing

Mask in public

Mask in store

Wash hand

Hand sanitizer in store

Sneez on elbow

On the street

At the market

At the store

At the park

At health center

In public transport

Others (β1)

−0.486***

−0.763***

−0.604***

−0.629***

−0.292***

−0.0870***

−0.0636***

−0.312***

−0.144***

−0.504***

0.0327*

(0.0123)

(0.0103)

(0.0122)

(0.0119)

(0.0142)

(0.0125)

(0.0135)

(0.0134)

(0.0153)

(0.0136)

(0.0185)

18–30 years old

−0.00766

−0.000250

0.00983

−0.000173

0.0560*

−0.0223

0.000319

0.0139

0.0417

0.0556*

0.0840**

(0.0249)

(0.0194)

(0.0242)

(0.0252)

(0.0304)

(0.0274)

(0.0286)

(0.0281)

(0.0368)

(0.0292)

(0.0390)

31–40 years old

0.00869

−0.00340

0.0476*

−0.0103

0.0750**

0.0397

0.0553**

0.0410

0.0819**

0.0910***

0.113***

(0.0255)

(0.0212)

(0.0277)

(0.0253)

(0.0318)

(0.0266)

(0.0279)

(0.0293)

(0.0379)

(0.0323)

(0.0398)

41–50 years old

−0.00973

−0.00717

0.0258

−0.00947

0.0747**

0.0283

0.0260

0.0461*

0.0633*

0.0520*

0.0902**

(0.0244)

(0.0196)

(0.0237)

(0.0244)

(0.0306)

(0.0265)

(0.0285)

(0.0277)

(0.0384)

(0.0294)

(0.0404)

51–60 years old

0.0102

−0.0186

0.0141

−0.0206

0.0916***

0.0597**

0.0182

0.00887

0.0425

0.00278

0.0314

(0.0261)

(0.0214)

(0.0234)

(0.0256)

(0.0312)

(0.0269)

(0.0303)

(0.0291)

(0.0400)

(0.0299)

(0.0453)

Women

0.0163

0.00866

0.00236

0.0185

0.0248*

0.0277**

0.0255*

0.0174

0.0101

−0.00482

0.0231

(0.0123)

(0.0103)

(0.0119)

(0.0119)

(0.0142)

(0.0125)

(0.0134)

(0.0134)

(0.0160)

(0.0146)

(0.0179)

Less than High School

−0.0245

−0.00215

−0.0501***

−0.0427***

−0.0877***

−0.0866***

−0.0974***

−0.0932***

−0.0527**

−0.0966***

−0.109***

(0.0155)

(0.0130)

(0.0155)

(0.0151)

(0.0179)

(0.0157)

(0.0168)

(0.0169)

(0.0205)

(0.0188)

(0.0222)

High School

0.00326

−0.00234

−0.0241**

−0.0468***

−0.0477***

−0.0375***

−0.0500***

−0.0472***

−0.0500***

−0.0419***

−0.0766***

(0.0129)

(0.00932)

(0.0120)

(0.0124)

(0.0146)

(0.0127)

(0.0140)

(0.0139)

(0.0171)

(0.0154)

(0.0184)

Child<12 present

0.0000770

−0.00953

−0.0240*

0.00127

−0.0111

−0.00230

−0.00480

−0.00429

0.00216

−0.00585

−0.00896

(0.0130)

(0.00978)

(0.0130)

(0.0121)

(0.0152)

(0.0133)

(0.0142)

(0.0145)

(0.0167)

(0.0153)

(0.0200)

Senior present

−0.00838

−0.00809

−0.00132

−0.0159

−0.00209

−0.0115

0.00364

−0.00346

−0.00616

0.00534

0.0150

(0.0150)

(0.0115)

(0.0155)

(0.0143)

(0.0174)

(0.0155)

(0.0160)

(0.0164)

(0.0185)

(0.0177)

(0.0205)

Trust Gov.

0.0141

−0.00387

0.0145

−0.0142

−0.0106

−0.0237

−0.00486

−0.0281*

−0.0164

−0.0482***

−0.0480**

(0.0144)

(0.0119)

(0.0134)

(0.0137)

(0.0159)

(0.0145)

(0.0151)

(0.0152)

(0.0181)

(0.0166)

(0.0202)

Trust others

−0.0170

0.00375

−0.0198

−0.0123

−0.0248

−0.0333*

0.0177

0.00692

−0.0171

0.00268

0.00119

(0.0156)

(0.0119)

(0.0157)

(0.0156)

(0.0182)

(0.0173)

(0.0177)

(0.0178)

(0.0220)

(0.0182)

(0.0261)

Constant

0.907***

1.000***

0.984***

0.981***

0.834***

0.877***

0.851***

0.945***

0.853***

0.987***

0.752***

(0.0370)

(0.0332)

(0.0380)

(0.0396)

(0.0430)

(0.0367)

(0.0370)

(0.0388)

(0.0468)

(0.0425)

(0.0533)

Observations

7337

7191

7084

7070

7015

7309

6377

7084

4654

5276

4725

FE by country

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

R-squared

0.291

0.617

0.419

0.420

0.123

0.038

0.027

0.142

0.041

0.301

0.034

  1. Results of Linear Probability Model. Robust standard errors in parenthesis. Population weights used.* p < 0.10 ** p < 0.05 *** p < 0.01. Marginal effects displayed (a coefficient of 0.1 implies it is 10 p.p. more likely to comply with the preventive behavior the base category). Base categories: belonging to the “Others” group, 61 years old or more, more than HS (high school); men; no children under 12 at home; no seniors at home; no trust. Includes country FE
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