Table 4.

Multivariable analysis of gender-segregated predictors of COVID-19-related high knowledge in the community.

Demographic variables	Male No. (342)	%	aOR	P-value	95% CI	Female No. (295)	%	aORa	P-value	95% CI
Age (in yrs)
31–45	123	35.9	0.79	0.228	0.55–1.15	118	40.0	1.31	0.130	0.92–1.89
46–60	62	18.1	0.73	0.176	0.47–1.14	43	14.5	1.42	0.147	0.88–2.30
>61	11	3.2	0.44	0.037	0.20–0.95	5	1.6	1.22	0.707	0.41–3.62
18–30	146	42.6	Reference			129	43.7	Reference
Marital Status
Married	234	68.4	1.34	0.119	0.92–1.96	197	66.7	1.02	0.904	0.69–1.51
Unmarried	108	31.5	Reference			98	33.2	Reference
Occupation
Organized	172	50.2	1.96	0.085	0.91–4.25	118	40.0	1.81	0.001	1.27–2.59
Unorganized	125	36.5	1.29	0.515	0.59–2.79	28	9.4	0.88	0.624	0.54–1.44
Students	35	10.2	3.04	0.016	1.23–7.53	34	11.5	1.55	0.145	0.85–2.83
Unemployed	10	2.9	Reference			115	38.9	Reference
Education
Primary	9	2.6	1.17	0.781	0.37–3.68	9	3.0	3.00	0.078	0.88–10.22
Higher Secondary	114	33.3	1.60	0.303	0.65–3.98	110	37.2	7.57	<0.001	2.68–21.35
College	213	62.2	4.04	0.003	1.61–10.12	172	58.3	16.83	<0.001	5.86–48.32
Illiterate	6	1.7	Reference			4	1.3	Reference
Place of residence
Rural	144	42.1	0.72	0.02	0.54–0.95	133	45.0	1.00	0.956	0.74–1.36
Urban	198	57.8	Reference			162	54.9	Reference

Dependent variable in the model is “High Knowledge about COVID-19”. Coded as 1 if yes and coded as 0 if No.

^aAdjusted Odds Ratio.