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Table 5 Effect in COVID-19 preventive behaviors according to demographics, model constructs in urban area

From: Infection preventive behaviors and its association with perceived threat and perceived social factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea: 2020 community health survey

	Urban (N = 86,163)					Rural (N = 55,739)
Variables	B	SE	β	t	p	B	SE	β	t	p
(constant)	2.104	0.012		182.892	< .001	1.916	0.019		101.075	< .001
Age	0.000	0.000	-0.018	-3.763	< .001	-0.003	0.000	-0.124	-17.663	< .001
Gender^a	0.090	0.002	0.144	38.336	< .001	0.081	0.004	0.110	22.621	< .001
Household type^b	0.030	0.004	0.033	8.290	< .001	0.029	0.005	0.030	5.956	< .001
Education	0.056	0.002	0.136	29.646	< .001	0.090	0.003	0.196	29.997	< .001
Income(monthly)	0.004	0.001	0.011	2.522	0.012	-0.001	0.002	-0.002	-0.312	0.755
Working status^c	0.014	0.002	0.022	5.633	< .001	0.005	0.004	0.007	1.465	0.143
Influenza Vaccination^d	0.031	0.002	0.050	12.682	< .001	0.020	0.004	0.026	4.991	< .001
Stress	-0.011	0.002	-0.025	-6.665	< .001	-0.012	0.002	-0.024	-4.986	< .001
Perceived threat	0.048	0.002	0.117	27.082	< .001	0.052	0.003	0.109	18.890	< .001
Perceived social factors	0.044	0.002	0.089	20.996	< .001	0.089	0.003	0.151	26.346	< .001
	adj. R² = .070, F = 543.392, p < .001					adj. R² = .116, F = 550.425, p < .001

^aDummy variable(0 = male)
^bDummy variable (0 = one person household)
^cDummy variable (0 = Not working)
^dDummy variable (0 = Not vaccinated)

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