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Table 1 The participants’ demographic information

From: Application of the protection motivation theory for predicting COVID-19 preventive behaviors in Hormozgan, Iran: a cross-sectional study

Demographic information

Categories

Frequency

N (%)

Mean score of COVID-19 preventive behaviors

(SD)

P-value

Age (years)

15–20

132 (6.5)

31.70 (5.961)

<.001

21–30

549 (27)

34.39 (5.331)

31–40

862 (42.4)

35.83 (4.109)

41–50

363 (17.9)

36 (4.218)

> 50

126 (6.2)

36.44 (3.928)

Gender

Male

804 (39.6)

34.88 (4.748)

.005

Female

1228 (60.4)

35.48 (4.742)

Marital status

Single

510 (25.1)

34.04 (5.360)

<.001

Married

1464 (72)

35.64 (4.367)

Divorced/widow

58 (2.9)

Level of education

Elementary school

36 (1.8)

33.57 (5.320)

<.001

High school

138 (6.8)

Diploma

442 (21.8)

34.21 (5.394)

Associate degree

222 (10.9)

34.74 (4.761)

Bachelor’s degree or higher

1194 (58.8)

35.96 (4.246)

Occupation

Student

73 (3.6)

32.98 (5.586)

<.001

University student

107 (5.3)

Employee

934 (46)

35.91 (4.416)

Self-employed

252 (12.4)

34.31 (5.219)

Unemployed

255 (12.5)

Others

411 (20.2)

35.87 (3.943)

Medical staff

Yes

354 (17.4)

36.21 (4.704)

<.001

No

1678 (82.6)

35.04 (4.739)

Chronic diseases

Hypertension

154 (7.6)

36.06 (3.995)

0.025

Diabetes

79 (3.9)

34.73 (4.830)

0.334

Kidney disease

101 (5)

34.46 (4.916)

0.089

Cardiovascular disease

71 (3.5)

35.30 (4.083)

0.921

Smoking

Yes

217 (10.7)

34.24 (4.781)

0.001

No

1815 (89.3)

35.36 (4.736)

Place of residence

Urban

1773 (87.3)

35.4 (4.593)

<.001

Rural

259 (12.7)

34.16 (5.617)