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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants according to frontline epidemic prevention experience during the outbreak of COVID-19

From: The willingness for dietary and behavioral changes in frontline epidemic prevention workers after experiencing the outbreak of COVID-19 in China: a cross-sectional study

Demographic characteristics Frontline epidemic prevention experience, N (%) Total, N = 22,459 T or χ2 P-value
Yes, 9402 (41.9) No, 13,057 (58.1)
Gender
 Male 6392 (68.0) 7812 (59.8) 14,204 (63.2) 156.399 < 0.001
 Female 3010 (32.0) 5245 (40.2) 8255 (36.8)
Age (years), mean ± SD 28.09 ± 7.50 27.73 ± 8.08 27.88 ± 7.84 − 3.457 0.001
BMI, mean ± SD 21.93 ± 4.85 22.13 ± 4.91 22.049 ± 4.88 3.058 0.002
Marital status
 Married 5035 (53.6) 6147 (47.1) 11,182 (49.8) 121.955 < 0.001
 Never-married 4022 (42.8) 6545 (50.1) 10,567 (47.1)
 Othersa 345 (3.7) 365 (2.8) 710 (3.2)
Education
 Primary schools and below 172 (1.8) 164 (1.3) 336 (1.5) 38.409 < 0.001
 Middle school 602 (6.4) 871 (6.7) 1473 (6.6)
 High school or technical secondary school 2292 (24.4) 3582 (27.4) 5874 (26.2)
 College 2790 (29.7) 3717 (28.5) 6507 (29.0)
 Bachelor’s degree and above 3546 (37.7) 4723 (36.2) 8269 (36.8)
Occupation
 Medical workers 478 (5.1) 233 (1.8) 711 (3.2) 421.452 < 0.001
 Community worker 620 (6.6) 391 (3.0) 1011 (4.5)
 Policemen 124 (1.2) 68 (0.5) 192 (0.9)
 Other 8180 (87.0) 12,365 (94.7) 20,545 (91.5)
Place of current residence
 Hubei 121 (1.3) 171 (1.3) 292 (1.3) 0.022 0.882
 Other parts of China 9281 (98.7) 12,886 (98.7) 22,167 (98.7)
  1. aOthers included remarried, cohabiting, separated, divorced, and widowed