Social inequalities in protective behaviour uptake at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to assess social patterns of handwashing, social distancing, and working from home at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, and determine what proportions of the overall prevalence and social inequalities in handwashing and social distancing are related to inequalities in the opportunity to work from home, to guide pandemic preparedness and response.

Methods

Using cross-sectional data from the Canadian Perspectives Survey Series, collected between March 29 and April 3, 2020, among Canadian adults (N=4455), we assessed prevalence of not working from home, social distancing in public, or practicing frequent handwashing, according to age, sex, marital status, immigration, education, chronic disease presence, and source of COVID-19 information. Multiv

SUBMITTER: Blair A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8375287 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature