Table 2

Economic activity, personal protective equipment and hygiene practice by deprivation status

Total (N (%))Non-deprived (n (%))Deprived (n (%))P value
General economic activity
Current economic activity status<0.001
 Full-time employee326 (43.2)280 (47.3)46 (28.4)
 Part-time employee54 (7.2)37 (6.3)17 (10.5)
 Self-employed33 (4.4)26 (4.4)7 (4.3)
 Unemployed45 (6.0)21 (3.5)24 (14.8)
 Retired141 (18.7)103 (17.4)38 (23.5)
 Student/homemaker/permanently sick or disabled155 (20.6)125 (21.1)30 (18.5)
For those under employment (n=413)
 Salary mode0.042
  Monthly330 (80.5)282 (82.7)48 (69.6)
  Daily34 (8.3)23 (6.7)11 (15.9)
  Hourly43 (10.5)34 (10.0)9 (13.0)
  Others3 (0.7)2 (0.6)1 (1.4)
 Have paid annual leave or paid sick leave312 (75.9)270 (78.9)42 (60.9)0.001
 Place of work0.016
  Same district121 (29.4)94 (27.4)27 (39.1)
  Another district254 (61.7)222 (64.7)32 (46.4)
  No fixed places34 (8.3)24 (7.0)10 (14.5)
  Work at home3 (0.7)3 (0.9)0 (0)
Changes due to COVID-19
Change of economic activity status<0.001
 No611 (82.3)506 (86.2)105 (67.7)
 Unemployed/insufficient working hours/uncertain working hours131 (17.7)81 (13.8)50 (32.3)
For those under employment (n=413)
 Working days outside0.005
  Increase13 (3.2)9 (2.6)4 (5.8)
  No change244 (59.4)215 (62.9)29 (42.0)
  Decrease154 (37.5)118 (34.5)36 (52.2)
 Working days from home0.180
  Increase83 (20.1)73 (21.3)10 (14.3)
  No change or decrease329 (79.9)269 (78.7)60 (85.7)
 Change of income<0.001
  No change or increase274 (66.7)243 (71.1)31 (44.9)
  Decrease137 (33.3)99 (28.9)38 (55.1)
 Being forced to take unpaid leave0.481
  No321 (90.4)270 (90.9)51 (87.9)
  Yes34 (9.6)27 (9.1)7 (12.1)
 Perceived impact on livelihood if did not go outside to work0.001
  Severe impact60 (14.6)40 (11.7)20 (29.0)
  Impacted115 (28.0)95 (27.8)20 (29.0)
  Little impact58 (14.1)49 (14.3)9 (13.0)
  No impact178 (43.3)158 (46.2)20 (29.0)
Surgical mask
Current face mask reserves in the household<0.001
 1 month or more627 (90.1)510 (92.2)117 (81.8)
 3 weeks or less69 (9.9)43 (7.8)26 (18.2)
Difficulty in buying masks<0.001
 Difficult/very difficult89 (11.9)64 (10.8)25 (15.6)
 Neutral76 (10.1)49 (8.3)27 (16.9)
 Easy/very easy550 (73.2)453 (76.6)97 (60.6)
 No need to buy36 (4.8)25 (4.2)11 (6.9)
Worried about supply<0.001
 Worried151 (20.1)83 (14.0)68 (42.2)
 Not worried/not sure/neutral602 (79.9)509 (86.0)93 (57.8)
Days of wearing mask in past week<0.001
 013 (1.7)7 (1.2)6 (3.7)
 1–359 (7.8)37 (6.3)22 (13.7)
 4–662 (8.2)44 (7.4)18 (11.2)
 7619 (82.2)504 (85.1)115 (71.4)
Hand sanitiser
Worried about supply<0.001
 Worried76 (10.1)48 (8.1)28 (17.5)
 Not worried/not sure/neutral676 (89.9)544 (91.9)132 (82.5)
Days of using hand sanitiser in past week<0.001
 049 (6.5)38 (6.4)11 (6.8)
 1–362 (8.2)36 (6.1)26 (16.1)
 4–670 (9.3)48 (8.1)22 (13.7)
 7573 (76.0)471 (79.4)102 (63.4)