Recreational behaviour, risk perceptions, and protective practices against ticks: a cross-sectional comparative study before and during the lockdown enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania

Table. 7 Multivariate analysis results regarding the frequency of using protective measures against ticks before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Romanian respondents. Independent variable: gender

Dependent variable	F-value	Df	df error	P-value	Gender	Means (SE)	99% CI
Commercial repellents	4.626	1	385	0.032	Male	0.277 (0.085)	[0.109; 0.444]
Commercial repellents					Female	0.469 (0.064)	[0.342; 0.596]
Light-coloured clothing	0.093	1	385	0.760	Male	0.474 (0.084)	[0.310; 0.638]
Light-coloured clothing					Female	0.501 (0.063)	[0.376; 0.625]
Pants tucked into long socks	0.247	1	385	0.620	Male	0.468 (0.096)	[0.278; 0.657]
Pants tucked into long socks					Female	0.518 (0.073)	[0.374; 0.661]
Avoiding reported tick areas	4.507	1	385	0.034	Male	0.522 (0.113)	[0.300; 0.745]
Avoiding reported tick areas					Female	0.775 (0.086)	[0.607; 0.944]
Body check	2.445	1	385	0.119	Male	0.988 (0.128)	[0.737; 1.239]
Body check					Female	1.198 (0.097)	[1.008; 1.388]
Bathing/showering to observe ticks	0.199	1	385	0.656	Male	1.249 (0.126)	[1.001; 1.496]
Bathing/showering to observe ticks					Female	1.190 (0.095)	[1.002; 1.377]

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