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This study aimed to identify individual and community-level variables influencing deficient knowledge regarding coping with COVID-19 and not-practicing COVID-19 of older adults during the pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This is a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study using the 2020 Korea Community Health Survey (KCHS).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>255 community public health centres nationwide, South Korea.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods and analysis<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Using 2020 KCHS data, multilevel logistic regression analysis was conducted on 55\u2009005 adults aged 65 years or older.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Older adults who reside alone, as opposed to with their spouse and who lack the support of another individual exhibited insufficient COVID-19 coping-related knowledge (OR: 1.142, p&lt;0.001) and poor preventive behaviours (OR: 1.177, p&lt;0.001). Furthermore, lower municipal social welfare budget levels were associated with worse health behaviours (OR: 0.062, p&lt;0.001). Specifically, older adults living in rural areas were less likely to engage in COVID-19 preventive behaviours compared with those in urban areas (OR: 1.247, p&lt;0.001). Additionally, the effectiveness of mass media as a motivating factor for adopting preventive measures was only significant in rural populations (OR: 0.944, p&lt;0.05).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Both individual-level and community-level approaches are necessary as an initial response during the pandemic. Since elderly people living alone with low socioeconomic status are vulnerable groups with poor health behaviours, it is helpful to provide social support on how to respond to infectious diseases and manage symptoms. 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