疫情爆發期間社區居住特徵對南京市居民COVID-19防疫行為之影響

The Community Housing Characteristics Influencing the Precautionary Behaviors of Residents Against COVID-19 During the Pandemic Outbreak in Nanjing, China

自2019年12月底新冠病毒（COVID-19）爆發以來，截至2023年7月19日，全球確診病例已超過7.6824億例，死亡人數超過695萬人。住房和鄰里的物理和社會特徵被認為對人類健康至關重要。然而，關於社區居住特徵對降低新冠肺炎風險影響的數據需求尚未得到充分滿足。本研究在中國南京共收集並分析了814份有效問卷，旨在考察社區住房和人口因素對居民預防行為的影響。研究結果顯示，女性、年長者、在職人員、受教育程度較高的人群更有可能採取當局建議的預防行為；聘有物業管理、房價較高的中小型社區以及屋齡較新的社區更有利於改善居民的防範行為；這些社區住房、人口因素共同對居民的防範行為產生了重大影響，其中社區住房特徵比人口因素的影響更大；房價和社區規模是最重要的解釋變數，其次是物業管理和社區屋齡。因此，本研究建議，社區住房特徵和適當的物業管理應作為緩解流行病爆發風險的投入。

Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in late December 2019, there have been more than 768.24 million confirmed cases and over 6.95 million deaths worldwide by July 19, 2023. Housing and neighborhoods’physical and social features are considered essential for human health. There is an unmet need for data on the effects of community housing characteristics to mitigate the risk of COVID-19. A total of 814 valid questionnaires were collected and analyzed in Nanjing, China, to examine the effects of community housing and demographic factors on residents’precautionary behaviors. Our results indicate that being female, older, employed, and better educated are more likely to adopt the precautionary behaviors suggested by authorities. Small or medium-sized and younger communities with property management and higher housing prices are more conducive to improving the precautionary behaviors of residents. These community/demographic factors jointly and significantly affect residents’precautionary behaviors, with community housing characteristics having a greater impact than demographic factors. Housing price and community size are the most important explanatory variables, followed by property management and community age. This study suggests that community housing characteristics and proper property management should be considered as inputs to mitigate the risk of epidemic outbreaks.