Explicating gender disparity in wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The available evidence suggests that women were more likely to wear face masks as a precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, few studies have explicated this gender disparity in wearing face masks. This study investigates associations of demographic factors with wearing face masks in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic, then explicates gender disparity in wearing face masks from the lens of the Protection Motivation Theory.

Methods

The first part of this study employed a structured online survey of 708 Malaysian adult participants. Data collected were quantitatively analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, bivariate correlations, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and multiple linear regression. The second part of this study was conducted among 28 women

SUBMITTER: Looi KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9724360 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature