Table 8 COVID-19 risk perception and adoption of preventive measures
COVID-19 preventive measures | Low risk perception (N = 1085) | High risk perception (N = 1090) | Chi-squareda, p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of respondents | Weighted % (95% CI) | Number of respondents | Weighted % (95% CI) | ||
Wear face mask regularly | |||||
 No | 585 | 68.7 (64.1—73.3) | 248 | 32.0 (27.4—36.6) | 106.32, < 0.001 |
 Yes | 500 | 31.3 (26.7—35.9) | 842 | 68.0 (63.3—72.6) |  |
Practice hand hygiene | |||||
 No | 651 | 68.1 (63.4—72.7) | 319 | 23.1 (19.0—27.2) | 162.24, < 0.001 |
 Yes | 434 | 31.9 (27.3—36.6) | 771 | 76.9 (72.8—80.9) |  |
Practice physical distancing | |||||
 No | 935 | 86.5 (83.1—89.9) | 711 | 62.1 (57.4—66.9) | 60.84, < 0.001 |
 Yes | 150 | 13.5 (10.1—16.9) | 379 | 37.9 (33.1—42.6) |  |
Avoid indiscriminate touching of objects and surfaces | |||||
 No | 960 | 86.5 (83.0—89.9) | 846 | 72.6 (68.2—76.9) | 22.83, < 0.001 |
 Yes | 125 | 13.5 (10.1—16.9) | 244 | 27.4 (23.0—31.8) |  |
Avoid crowd | |||||
 No | 934 | 93.2 (90.8—95.6) | 814 | 86.8 (83.6—90.0) | 9.45, 0.002 |
 Yes | 151 | 6.8 (4.4—9.2) | 276 | 13.2 (9.9—16.4) |  |
Received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccineb | |||||
 No | 884 | 66.2 (61.5—71.0) | 653 | 41.8 (37.0—46.6) | 46.85, < 0.001 |
 Yes | 201 | 33.8 (29.0—38.5) | 437 | 58.2 (53.4—62.9) |  |
Received two doses of COVID-19 vaccineb | |||||
 No | 980 | 80.4 (76.4—84.4) | 812 | 54.1 (49.3—59.0) | 60.23, < 0.001 |
 Yes | 105 | 19.6 (15.6—23.6) | 278 | 45.9 (41.0—50.7) |  |