A multi-national test on self-reported compliance with COVID-19 public health measures: The role of individual age and gender demographics and countries’ developmental status

Lin, Tian; Harris, Elizabeth; Heemskerk, Amber; Bavel, Jay J. Van; Ebner, Natalie C.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114335

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“…Fifth, the self-reported measures may incur reporting bias related to social desirability. Finally, the findings should be generalized cautiously to other countries with different contexts, as national development status can have a crucial impact on population-level uptake of COVID-19 public health measures ( Lin et al, 2021 ).…”

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Multi-dimensional factors related to participation in a population-wide mass COVID-19 testing program among Hong Kong adults: A population-based randomized survey

Xin

Lau

2022

Social Science & Medicine

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Rationale. Mass testing is considered as an important policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and high population coverage is pivotal to its effectiveness. A range of factors derived from health behaviour theories were hypothesized to be associated with public uptake of mass testing, including illness representations of COVID-19, perceived susceptibility to COVID-19, perceived efficacy of the testing program, and general trust toward governmental measures for controlling COVID-19. Objective This study aimed to investigate the multi-dimensional factors associated with participation in a free and voluntary population-wide mass COVID-19 testing program. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Hong Kong within two weeks after the Universal Community Testing Program for COVID-19 concluded on September 14, 2020. A random population-based telephone survey interviewed 443 Hong Kong general adults who were aged ≥18 and had not joined other COVID-19 testing programs. The dependent variable was participation in the Universal Community Testing Program. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to test the associations of participation in the program with the proposed factors. Results The standardized participation rate of the testing program was estimated to be about 37.2% among the general adults (33.0% among males; 40.8% among females) in Hong Kong. The participation rates were significantly lower among males and younger adults. Adjusted for socio-demographics, significant factors included four dimensions of illness representations of COVID-19 (treatment control: adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.41; illness identity: AOR = 1.10; concern: AOR = 1.14; emotions: AOR = 1.10), perceived susceptibility to COVID-19 (AOR = 1.40), perceived efficacy of the testing program (AOR = 2.73), and trust toward governmental control measures (AOR = 4.30). Conclusions The participation rate of the population-wide mass testing program was not high among general adults in Hong Kong, evidence-based health promotion is necessary. The study informs some critical factors to be addressed to effectively boost public support for the mass testing policy in response to emerging infectious diseases.

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Multi-dimensional factors related to participation in a population-wide mass COVID-19 testing program among Hong Kong adults: A population-based randomized survey

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Lau

2022

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Age and life period are generally related to different propensity to risk: While the youth are generally more willing to take risks, the propensity to engage in risky actions diminishes as people become old. This holds true in the COVID-19 context (Lin et al, 2021). Age is included as a continuous variable that ranges from 18 to 101 years old.…”

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“…Governments throughout the world have reacted to COVID‐19 by implementing different types of measures aimed at decreasing the rate of infection transmission (Porcher, 2020 ; Ratto et al., 2021 ). Citizens’ levels of compliance with these restrictive measures has varied (Lin et al., 2021 ) and in some contexts were highly modulated by ideology and political sympathies (Becher et al., 2021 ; Gonzalez et al., 2021 ; Wu and Huber, 2021 ). One common finding cross‐nationally is that there is greater compliance with the restrictive measures established as a consequence of the COVID‐19 breakout among women than among men (Bronfman et al., 2021 ; Chuang and Liu, 2020 ; Clark et al., 2020 ; Galasso et al., 2020 ; Stockemer et al., 2021 ), even if men are more likely to suffer worse health consequences from COVID‐19 than women (Islam et al., 2020 ; Peckham et al., 2020 ).…”

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“…Existing evidence in relation to COVID‐19 complies with the stereotype that women are more risk averse than men. Women are generally more informed about COVID‐19 than men (Sylvester, 2021 ), and more supportive of, and compliant with, the restrictive measures (Bronfman et al., 2021 ; Chuang and Liu, 2020 ; Clark et al., 2020 ; Fredén and Sikström, 2021 ; Galasso et al., 2020 ; Lin et al., 2021 ; Stockemer et al., 2021 ), independently of their ideology (Algara et al., 2021 ). A meta‐analysis of individuals’ risk perception of COVID also shows that most studies find a gender difference in risk perception, as women tend to perceive higher risks than men (Lewis and Duch, 2021 ).…”

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Reassessing Gender Differences in COVID‐19 Risk Perception and Behavior

Ferrín

2022

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective: This article reassesses the gender differences in COVID-19 attitudes and behavior found in previous studies by examining to what extent the gender gap in the adoption of COVID-19 preventive behaviors is dependent on women's and men's perceptions of risk. Methods: The data utilized in this study were obtained from the "Understanding America Study Coronavirus in America ('COVID') Survey," conducted by the Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR), at the University of Southern California.Result: This study shows that women are more risk averse than men, but that the gender gap in risk behavior depends on the level of risk that is associated with COVID-19. Conclusion: Risk perception is a stronger driver of risk behavior for men than for women, who generally tend to adopt safe measures to protect themselves and others. Different messages should be delivered to women and men to increase compliance with norms.

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“…Similar to trends identified in previous research (ACHA, 2020; Lee et al., 2020), a small significant gender difference was identified, with more women than men experiencing loneliness. Emerging research indicates women are more likely to comply with COVID‐19 public health mitigation strategies when compared to men (Lin et al., 2021). Increased compliance may reduce women’s social interaction and elevate loneliness.…”

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College Student Loneliness and the Reopening of Campuses During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Vaterlaus

2022

Family & Consum Sci Res J

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This exploratory study aimed to understand students' experience with loneliness and COVID-19 during the reopening of campuses in Fall 2020. College students (n = 237) at a northwestern university completed online surveys that included the Three Item Loneliness Scale and items related to COVID-19 (diagnosis, quarantine, concern, feelings of safety, and commitment to following public health interventions) in November 2020. In total, 64% of the sample reported being lonely. Students who were lonely were also more likely to report higher concern about COVID-19 and more commitment to following the public health interventions than students who were not lonely.

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A multi-national test on self-reported compliance with COVID-19 public health measures: The role of individual age and gender demographics and countries’ developmental status

Cited by 47 publications

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Multi-dimensional factors related to participation in a population-wide mass COVID-19 testing program among Hong Kong adults: A population-based randomized survey

Multi-dimensional factors related to participation in a population-wide mass COVID-19 testing program among Hong Kong adults: A population-based randomized survey

Reassessing Gender Differences in COVID‐19 Risk Perception and Behavior

College Student Loneliness and the Reopening of Campuses During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

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