Table 3.
COVID-19-related knowledge, self-risk perceptions and public stigma in the community by gender.
|
Knowledge |
Male |
95% CI |
Female |
95% CI |
Total |
P-value |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
||||
| 0.063 | |||||||||
| Low knowledge | 660 | 65.8 | 62.8–68.8 | 681 | 69.7 | 66.7–72.6 | 1341 | 67.8 | |
| High knowledge | 342 | 34.1 | 31.1–37.1 | 295 | 30.2 | 27.3–33.2 | 637 | 32.2 | |
| Self-risk perceptions | 0.036 | ||||||||
| Low self-risk perceptions | 781 | 77.9 | 75.2–80.4 | 796 | 81.7 | 78.9–83.9 | 1577 | 79.8 | |
| High self-risk perceptions | 221 | 22.0 | 19.5–24.7 | 178 | 18.2 | 15.8–20.8 | 399 | 20.1 | |
| Stigma | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Low public stigma | 447 | 44.6 | 41.5–47.7 | 515 | 52.8 | 49.5–55.9 | 962 | 48.6 | |
| High public stigma | 555 | 55.3 | 52.2–58.4 | 459 | 47.1 | 43.8–50.2 | 1014 | 51.3 | |