Self-protective behaviors of Thai village health volunteers in community engagement during a COVID-19 outbreak: interpretation using the health belief model

Table 1 Association between self-protective behavior and sociodemographic characteristics of VHVs

VHVs Demographic		Total n(%)	Partial SPB compliance^a	Full SPB compliance^b	p-value
Sex	Male	24 (15.8)	5	19	0.179
Sex	Female	128 (84.2)	14	114
Religion	Buddhist	54 (35.5)	3	51	0.055
Religion	Muslim	98 (64.5)	16	82
Education	Primary school only	70 (46.1)	10	60	0.539
Education	Beyond primary school	82 (53.9)	9	73
Role	Village leader	118 (77.6)	11	107	0.027
Role	Non-leader	34 (22.4)	8	26
Occupation	Self-employed	28 (18.4)	7	21	0.085
	Farmer	101 (66.4)	2	21
	Other employment	23 (15.1)	10	91

Note. ^aPartial SPB (self-protective behavior) compliance: sometimes/often practice, n = 19, ^bFull SPB compliance: always practice, n = 133

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