Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants.

Characteristic	Category	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Gender	Female	258	66.2
	Male	132	33.8
Age (Mean: 25 ± 7.2)	18–25	248	63.6
	> 25	142	36.4
Marital status	Single	319	81.8
	Not single (married/other) †	71	18.2
Religion	Christian	290	74.4
	Muslim	64	16.4
	Others ˫	36	9.2
Nationality	Mozambican	388	99.5
	Other‡	2	0.5
Academic level	Undergraduate	356	91.3
	MSc or PhD students	34	8.7
Year of studies	1st –2nd	206	52.8
	3rd –4th	164	42.1
	5th –6th	20	5.1
Institution	UEM	115	29.5
	ISCTEM	137	35.1
	ISCISA	138	35.4
Geographic region of origin within Mozambique	South	277	71.0
	Centre	60	15.4
	North	50	12.8
	Other§	3	0.8
Had chronic diseases	Yes	45	11.5
	No	291	74.6
	Did not know	54	13.8
Had symptoms of COVID-19	Yes	260	66.7
	No	130	33.3
Prior COVID-19 diagnosis	Yes	107	27.4
	No	283	72.6
COVID-19 Vaccination	1 dose	53	13.6
	2 or more doses	282	72.3
	No vaccination	54	13.8
	Did not answer	1	0.3

†: Not single included: divorced, widowed and married

˫: Others: No religion: n=34, Hindu: n=2

‡: Other nationalities: Portuguese and Rwandese.

§: Two individuals hold foreign nationalities; the province of origin of one participant is unclear.