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Does culture matter social distancing under the COVID-19 pandemic?
Safety Science Số , năm 2020 (Tập 130, trang -)
ISSN: 9257535
ISSN: 9257535
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104872
Tài liệu thuộc danh mục: Scopus
Article
English
Từ khóa: Safety testing; Control variable; Cultural dimensions; Cultural factors; Effective communication; Per capita; Predictive factors; Residential areas; Uncertainty avoidance; Renewable energy resources; Article; coronavirus disease 2019; cultural factor; epidemic; geographic distribution; health behavior; health care policy; human; infection control; infection sensitivity; pandemic; priority journal; public health; quarantine; social distance; virus transmission
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This paper is the first to examine the role of the cultural dimension in practising social distancing across the world. By drawing the data from the Google COVID-19 community mobility reports and the Hofstede cultural factors for 58 countries over the period from 16 February to 29 March 2020, we find that countries with higher ‘Uncertainty Avoidance Index’ predict the lower proportion of people gathering in public such as retail and recreation, grocery and pharmacy, parks, transit stations, workplaces. However, we do not find any predictive factor in having a relationship with the percentage of citizens staying in their residential areas. Our results are robust by adding the control variable as the wealth status, GDP per capita. Hence, this paper suggests some effective communications to contain the COVID-19 pandemic by emphasizing the role of uncertainties. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
