Table 5.
Multivariable analysis of gender-segregated predictors of COVID-19-related high self-risk perception in the community.
| Demographic variables | Male No. (221) |
% | aOR | P-value | 95% CI | Female No. (178) |
% | aOR | P-value | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (in yrs) | ||||||||||
| 31–45 | 85 | 38.4 | 0.90 | 0.624 | 0.59–1.36 | 86 | 48.3 | 1.71 | 0.012 | 1.12–2.61 |
| 46–60 | 50 | 22.6 | 1.03 | 0.896 | 0.63–1.66 | 21 | 11.7 | 0.91 | 0.780 | 0.50–1.65 |
| >61 | 8 | 3.6 | 0.55 | 0.17 9 | 0.23–1.30 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.76 | 0.724 | 0.16–3.45 |
| 18–30 | 78 | 35.2 | Reference | 69 | 38.7 | Reference | ||||
| Marital Status | ||||||||||
| Married | 168 | 76.0 | 1.60 | 0.033 | 1.03–2.47 | 115 | 64.6 | 0.72 | 0.140 | 0.46–1.11 |
| Unmarried | 53 | 23.9 | Reference | 63 | 35.3 | Reference | ||||
| Occupation | ||||||||||
| Organized | 123 | 55.6 | 2.49 | 0.069 | 0.93–6.66 | 82 | 46.0 | 2.21 | <0.001 | 1.47–3.32 |
| Unorganized | 83 | 37.5 | 1.56 | 0.378 | 0.58–4.20 | 16 | 8.9 | 0.75 | 0.367 | 0.41–1.38 |
| Students | 10 | 4.5 | 1.27 | 0.688 | 0.38–4.20 | 16 | 8.9 | 1.15 | 0.688 | 0.56–2.38 |
| Unemployed | 5 | 2.2 | Reference | 64 | 35.9 | Reference | ||||
| Education | ||||||||||
| Primary | 5 | 2.2 | 0.66 | 0.547 | 0.17–2.51 | 10 | 5.6 | 1.65 | 0.340 | 0.58–4.65 |
| Higher Secondary | 76 | 34.3 | 1.23 | 0.673 | 0.46–3.31 | 64 | 35.9 | 1.79 | 0.171 | 0.77–4.17 |
| College | 135 | 61.0 | 2.44 | 0.078 | 0.90–6.62 | 97 | 54.4 | 2.63 | 0.028 | 1.10–6.27 |
| Illiterate | 5 | 2.2 | Reference | 7 | 3.9 | Reference | ||||
| Place of residence | ||||||||||
| Rural | 80 | 36.1 | 0.55 | <0.001 | 0.39–0.76 | 71 | 39.8 | 0.70 | 0.055 | 0.49–1.00 |
| Urban | 141 | 63.8 | Reference | 107 | 60.1 | Reference | ||||
Dependent variable in the model is “High self-risk perception about COVID-19”. Coded as 1 if yes and coded as 0 if No.
*Adjusted Odds Ratio.