Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and monovariate analysis
| Variable | Overall (N = 888) | Low COVID awareness (n = 715) | High COVID awareness (n = 173) | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at enrollment | 0.57 | |||
| Median (IQR) | 24.0 (20.0–29.0) | 24.0 (20.0–29.0) | 25.0 (21.0–29.0) | |
| Missing, n (%) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0) | |
| Setting, n (%) | 0.839 | |||
| Rural | 883 (99.4) | 713 (99.7) | 170 (98.3) | |
| Urban | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Missing | 3 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (1.2) | |
| Health center, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
| Aber | 719 (81.0) | 604 (84.5) | 115 (66.5) | |
| Aboke | 97 (10.9) | 78 (10.9) | 19 (11) | |
| Atipe | 72 (8.1) | 33 (4.6) | 39 (22.5) | |
| Educational level, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
| Lower primary | 462 (52.0) | 399 (55.8) | 63 (36.4) | |
| Upper primary | 242 (27.3) | 179 (25.0) | 63 (36.4) | |
| Lower secondary | 82 (9.2) | 67 (9.4) | 15 (8.7) | |
| Upper secondary | 40 (4.5) | 25 (3.5) | 15 (8.7) | |
| Tertiary | 42 (4.7) | 31 (4.3) | 11 (6.4) | |
| No education | 20 (2.3) | 14 (2.0) | 6 (3.5) | |
| Occupation, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
| Used | 77 (8.7) | 57 (8.0) | 20 (11.6) | |
| Farming | 591 (66.6) | 493 (69.0) | 98 (56.6) | |
| Housewife | 153 (17.2) | 107 (15.0) | 46 (26.6) | |
| Tailor | 67 (7.5) | 58 (8.1) | 9 (5.2) | |
| Religion, n (%) | 0.714 | |||
| Anglican/Protestant | 236 (26.6) | 189 (26.4) | 47 (27.2) | |
| Catholic | 549 (61.8) | 440 (61.5) | 109 (63.0) | |
| Muslim | 6 (0.7) | 5 (0.7) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Other | 94 (10.6) | 80 (11.2) | 14 (8.1) | |
| Missing | 3 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (1.2) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | 0.879 | |||
| Divorced | 10 (1.1) | 8 (1.1) | 2 (1.2) | |
| Married | 830 (93.5) | 667 (93.3) | 163 (94.2) | |
| Never married | 48 (5.4) | 40 (5.6) | 8 (4.6) | |
| Ever diagnosed with COVID-19, n (%) | 4 (0.5) | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0.723 |
| Missing | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Received vaccination against COVID-19, n (%) | 817 (92.0) | 663 (92.7) | 154 (89.0) | 0.128 |
| Missing | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Vaccine doses, n (%) | 0.138 | |||
| More than two doses | 119 (13.4) | 89 (12.4) | 30 (17.3) | |
| Two doses | 353 (39.8) | 293 (41.0) | 60 (34.7) | |
| One dose | 345 (38.9) | 281 (39.3) | 64 (37.0) | |
| Unvaccinated | 71 (8.0) | 52 (7.3) | 19 (11.0) | |
| Belief that COVID is more dangerous than malaria, n (%) | 593 (66.8) | 491 (68.7) | 102 (59.0) | 0.0199 |
| Missing | 4 (0.5) | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Good knowledge about malaria, n (%) | 316 (35.6) | 236 (33.0) | 80 (46.2) | 0.0015 |
IQR = interquartile range.
*
Chi-squared test or t test, as appropriate. Bold P values represent statistically significant variables.