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Predictors of social distancing and hand washing among adults in five countries during COVID-19

Kaston D Anderson-Carpenter and Garrett S Tacy

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 3, 1-16

Abstract: The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to examine disparities in hand washing and social distancing among 2,509 adults from the United States, Italy, Spain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and India. Respondents were recruited via Qualtrics’ participant pool and completed an online survey in the most common language spoken in each country. In hierarchical linear regression models, living in a rural area (β = -0.08, p = .001), older age (β = 0.07, p

Date: 2022
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