Abstract:ObjectivesWe aimed to identify psychological factors associated with the use of facemasks in shops in England following removal of legal requirements to do so, and to compare associations with and without legal restrictions.DesignRepeated cross‐sectional online surveys (n ≈ 2000 adults) between August 2020 and April 2022 (68,716 responses from 45,682 participants) using quota sampling.MethodsThe outcome measure was whether those who had visited a shop for essentials in the previous seven days reported always h… Show more
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