Table 5: Reasons for not using facemask by respondents who don’t have and those who have but don’t use it every time in public.

Reasons for not using facemask

Frequency (n = 364)

Percent

I have difficulty breathing in it

94

25.8

I have difficulty communicating when wearing the face mask

84

23.1

I feel uncomfortable wearing it

81

22.3

I just forget to use it regularly

66

18.1

It causes irritations to my nose and ear

45

12.4

I don't have any reason for not wearing it

35

9.6

I don't have one

31

8.5

It is expensive

26

7.1

I look ugly wearing it

16

4.4

I have asthma or respiratory disease which makes it difficult to use facemask

14

3.8