Article ; Online: Historical rice farming explains faster mask use during early days of China's COVID-19 outbreak.
Current research in ecological and social psychology
2022 Volume 3, Page(s) 100034
Abstract: In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, we observed mask use in public among 1,330 people across China. People in regions with a history of farming rice wore masks more often than people in wheat regions. Cultural differences persisted after ... ...
| Abstract | In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, we observed mask use in public among 1,330 people across China. People in regions with a history of farming rice wore masks more often than people in wheat regions. Cultural differences persisted after taking into account objective risk factors such as local COVID cases. The differences fit with the emerging theory that rice farming's labor and irrigation demands made societies more interdependent, with tighter social norms. Cultural differences were strongest in the ambiguous, early days of the pandemic, then shrank as masks became nearly universal (94%). Separate survey and internet search data replicated this pattern. Although strong cultural differences lasted only a few days, research suggests that acting just a few days earlier can reduce deaths substantially. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-01-16 |
| Publishing country | Netherlands |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ISSN | 2666-6227 |
| ISSN (online) | 2666-6227 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100034 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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