Gender differences in health protective behaviours and its implications for COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan: a population-based study

Table 3 The Rotated Factor Loadings of Structure Matrix

Variable	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
Wearing a face mask	0·78
Washing hands	0·75
Avoidance of public places	0·73
Sanitization	0·63
Intention to receive vaccination	0·5
Revealing information		0·76
Intention to be quarantined		0·63
Perceived susceptibility			0·77
Perceived severity			0·61

The first factor was labeled as “health protective behavior”, which entailed the extent of wearing face masks, washing hands, avoidance of public places, and sanitization. The second factor was labeled as “tracing compliance willingness”, which incorporated the intention to be quarantined and reveal information to others. Perceived susceptibility and perceived severity were labelled as “risk perception”. Intention to receive vaccination is considered a single factor for further survey.

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