University of South Florida, USA.
University of Alabama, USA.
Health Place. 2021 Mar;68:102537. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102537. Epub 2021 Feb 19.
The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented risks to the health and well-being of the entire population in the U.S. To control the pandemic, it is imperative for individuals to take precautionary behaviors (e.g., wearing a mask, keeping social distance, washing hands frequently, etc.). The factors that influence individual behavioral response thus warrants a close examination. Using survey data for respondents from 10 states merged with state-level data, our study represents a pioneering effort to reveal contextual and individual social capital factors that explain public mask wearing in response to COVID-19. Findings of logistic multilevel regression show that the COVID-19 death rate and political control of government at the state level along with one's social capital at the individual level altogether influence whether people decide to wear face masks. These findings contribute to the rapidly growing literature and have policy implications for mitigating the pandemic's devastating impact on the American public.
新冠疫情大流行给美国全体民众的健康和福祉带来了前所未有的风险。为了控制疫情，个人采取预防措施（例如戴口罩、保持社交距离、勤洗手等）是至关重要的。因此，影响个人行为反应的因素值得密切关注。我们的研究利用了来自 10 个州的受访者的调查数据，并与州级数据合并，这代表了一项开创性的努力，旨在揭示解释公众对新冠疫情戴口罩行为的背景和个人社会资本因素。逻辑回归的多水平分析结果表明，新冠疫情死亡率、州级政府的政治控制以及个人层面的社会资本共同影响着人们是否决定戴口罩。这些发现丰富了快速发展的文献，并为减轻疫情对美国公众的破坏性影响提供了政策意义。
