Adoption and continued use of mobile contact tracing technology: multilevel explanations from a three-wave panel survey and linked data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the key individual-level (demographics, attitudes, mobility) and contextual (COVID-19 case numbers, tiers of mobility restrictions, urban districts) determinants of adopting the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app and continued use overtime.

Design and setting

A three-wave panel survey conducted in England in July 2020 (background survey), November 2020 (first measure of app adoption) and March 2021 (continued use of app and new adopters) linked with official data.

Participants

N=2500 adults living in England, representative of England's population in terms of regional distribution, age and gender (2011 census).

Primary outcome

Repeated measures of self-reported app usage.

Analytical approach

Multilevel logistic regression linking a ra

SUBMITTER: Horvath L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8764714 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature