Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
Research Group of Health Economics and Health Services Management, Valdecilla Biomedical Institute Research (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
PeerJ. 2023 Mar 1;11:e14771. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14771. eCollection 2023.
Social distancing measures have been one of the core pillars of the strategy against COVID-19 in all the countries. This study aims at understanding what motivates behaviours and compliance with social distancing measures among students and workers from a Spanish public university.
We carry out two logistics models considering two different dependent variables: not maintaining social relation with non-cohabiting people and not to leave home except for emergencies ( = 507, sample is formed by students and workers from the University of Cantabria in the North of Spain).
Being very concerned about getting ill suggests higher risk of not maintaining social relation with non-cohabiting people. Getting older increase the probability of not leaving home except for emergencies as happens with those who are very concerned about getting ill. Young people often living with vulnerable older relatives may affect students' behaviour.
Our findings suggest that compliance with social distancing measures depends on several factors related to age, the number or kind of cohabiting people and level of concern about getting ill. Policies should address all these factors through a multidisciplinary perspective.
社交距离措施是所有国家对抗 COVID-19 战略的核心支柱之一。本研究旨在了解西班牙一所公立大学的学生和工作人员的行为动机和对社交距离措施的遵守情况。
我们进行了两个物流模型，考虑了两个不同的因变量：不与非同居者保持社交关系和除紧急情况外不出门（= 507，样本由西班牙北部坎塔布里亚大学的学生和工作人员组成）。
非常担心生病表明与非同居者不保持社交关系的风险更高。年龄越大，除紧急情况外不出门的可能性就越大，就像那些非常担心生病的人一样。经常与弱势老年亲属一起生活的年轻人可能会影响学生的行为。
我们的研究结果表明，遵守社交距离措施取决于与年龄、同居人数或种类以及对生病的关注程度等几个因素。政策应通过多学科的视角来解决所有这些因素。
