Table 4 Separate means and SD (the numbers in parentheses are standard deviations) of 6 dimensions of Protection Motivation according to demographic characteristics and their correlation (n = 716)

Sex

  Female

75.71 (21.02)

0.689

0.491

72.20 (23.25)

0.498

0.618

74.32 (19.54)

0.488

0.626

79.72 (23.09)

1.614

0.107

69.89 (20.30)

0.091

0.927

76.68 (19.53)

0.354

0.723

  Male

74.18 (22.63)

73.42 (23.16)

73.30 (21.69)

75.75 (25.15)

70.09 (20.20)

77.41 (20.54)

Marital Status

  Married

75.29 (21.38)

0.755

0.47

72.10 (23.43)

0.6

0.549

74.12 (19.95)

1.993

0.137

78.94 (23.60)

0.622

0.537

69.83 (20.47)

0.992

0.371

76.66 (19.88)

0.374

0.688

  Divorced & Widow

75.49 (21.91)

74.83 (21.91)

70.72 (20.29)

78.94 (22.10)

68.09 (17.96)

76.75 (19.19)

  Temporary marriage

80.72 (16.57)

76.30 (19.41)

80.98 (15.25)

84.37 (21.01)

75.26 (18.10)

80.20 (14.07)

Job

  Full-time

77.77 (19.98)

2.727

^*0.019

71.73 (23.41)

0.725

0.605

75.28 (20.34)

0.705

0.62

80.09 (24.10)

1.964

0.082

71.64 (20.29)

2.039

0.071

76.09 (20.42)

1.893

0.093

  Part-time

65.70 (24.23)

66.55 (23.85)

71.11 (15.19)

72.46 (22.93)

65.20 (16.57)

75.22 (21.01)

  Self-employment

79.61 (20.31)

72.55 (23.21)

75.81 (21.17)

86.14 (17.26)

76.63 (19.78)

78.98 (11.75)

  Else

74.23 (19.40)

72.63 (24.43)

75.08 (17.78)

75.92 (21.71)

67.56 (18.23)

77.59 (16.02)

  No job

74.92 (21.88)

73.64 (22.93)

74.09 (19.88)

82.83 (20.86)

71.00 (20.81)

82.53 (18.66)

  Housewife

74.00 (22.60)

73.87 (22.55)

72.50 (20.53)

77.69 (24.41)

67.78 (21.13)

75.17 (20.35)

Education

  Diploma

78.12 (21.56)

1.092

0.275

75.08 (21.10)

74.19 (18.91)

74.82 (23.45)

69.55 (20.82)

77.26 (17.19)

  University

75.20 (21.22)

72.09 (23.44)

74.16 (19.98)

79.59 (23.40)

1.621

0.105

69.96 (20.23)

76.74 (19.93)

0.21

0.834

Spouse's Education

  Diploma

75.89 (22.06)

72.38 (24.09)

73.84 (19.68)

77.18 (23.52)

69.47 (20.58)

78.42 (18.22)

  University

75.44 (21.07)

0.227

0.821

72.41 (23.14)

0.013

0.989

74.57 (19.95)

0.393

0.694

79.75 (23.31)

1.177

0.24

70.23 (20.34)

0.398

0.691

76.28 (20.09)

1.159

0.247

Live Location

  Tehran

73.41 (22.50)

3.281

^*0.021

71.07 (24.51)

1.41

0.239

73.36 (20.76)

0.282

0.838

81.14 (22.97)

1.494

0.215

69.84 (21.75)

0.957

0.412

75.03 (21.03)

1.772

0.151

  Another city

77.13 (20.32)

73.43 (22.49)

74.61 (19.72)

78.40 (23.52)

70.17 (19.53)

77.95 (18.73)

  Tehran & my spouse other city

72.79 (21.64)

72.42 (23.80)

75.73 (12.07)

75.73 (25.47)

72.05 (21.77)

70.58 (19.56)

  Another city & my spouse Tehran

63.39 (22.17)

62.50 (20.80)

72.32 (16.57)

70.53 (25.05)

61.16 (13.01)

78.57 (22.34)

Information Source

  TV

75.98 (21.38)

1.61

0.17

72.81 (23.06)

1.816

0.124

74.15 (19.96)

0.222

0.926

79.44 (23.68)

0.658

0.622

71.21 (19.34)

1.618

0.168

75.81 (19.51)

1.772

0.133

  BBC & VOA

76.11 (20.61)

68.37 (25.48)

73.69 (18.64)

75.65 (25.40)

69.02 (20.19)

73.01 (19.35)

  Telegram

72.55 (22.62)

72.11 (22.90)

73.20 (20.37)

78.19 (23.25)

66.95 (20.15)

79.54 (18.17)

  Ministry of Health

79.49 (18.45)

77.21 (20.77)

75.45 (21.03)

80.33 (21.96)

72.10 (20.15)

78.76 (21.83)

  Else

73.60 (21.03)

68.84 (24.65)

75.18 (18.36)

81.43 (22.40)

67.63 (24.78)

77.48 (20.66)

Corona

  I catch and my spouse did not

74.45 (20.28)

0.533

0.66

70.60 (22.39)

0.364

0.779

71.52 (22.00)

1.963

0.118

77.23 (24.31)

0.617

0.604

66.74 (22.07)

1.964

0.118

76.13 (20.86)

1.06

0.365

  I did not catch and my spouse caught

78.08 (21.77)

71.69 (24.88)

78.52 (19.60)

76.91 (24.39)

66.54 (21.18)

73.72 (21.38)

  I and my spouse did not catch

75.31 (21.54)

72.55 (23.16)

73.75 (19.59)

79.88 (23.22)

71.04 (19.96)

77.57 (18.86)

  I and my spouse caught

74.53 (19.49)

74.65 (22.75)

75.11 (18.86)

78.47 (22.76)

69.79 (18.20)

75.46 (22.16)