Table 3.
The association between the knowledge, protective measures, and awareness scores (considering scores as percentages) and the baseline characteristics.
| Variable | Categories | N | Awareness, knowledge of the infection score |
Protective measure against virus score |
Awareness of the epidemiology of the disease score |
Total score |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Gender | Female | 596 | 64.4 | 19.6 | 44.4 | 27.8 | 42.8 | 20.2 | 57.9 | 16.1 |
| Male | 553 | 63.8 | 23.0 | 39.6 | 28.9 | 43.7 | 24.6 | 56.8 | 19.2 | |
| P-value | 0.673 | 0.004 | 0.466 | 0.309 | ||||||
| Nationality | Non-Saudi | 55 | 66.1 | 19.0 | 46.4 | 26.1 | 45.5 | 22.9 | 60.0 | 15.6 |
| Saudi | 1094 | 64.0 | 21.4 | 41.9 | 28.5 | 43.1 | 22.4 | 57.2 | 17.7 | |
| P-value | 0.475 | 0.254 | 0.449 | 0.255 | ||||||
| Age | 11–20 years old | 245 | 61.7 | 20.1 | 40.1 | 30.7 | 39.3 | 22.6 | 54.5 | 17.2 |
| 21–30 years old | 492 | 64.0 | 22.5 | 43.1 | 28.0 | 42.6 | 23.2 | 57.3 | 18.5 | |
| 31–40 years old | 259 | 65.5 | 20.8 | 43.9 | 26.8 | 44.9 | 21.0 | 59.0 | 16.8 | |
| 41–50 years old | 119 | 65.9 | 18.9 | 39.7 | 29.2 | 49.1 | 20.0 | 59.4 | 15.5 | |
| 51 or more | 34 | 66.0 | 22.2 | 36.0 | 25.5 | 47.6 | 24.1 | 58.4 | 19.2 | |
| P-value | 0.259 | 0.255 | 0.001 | 0.035 | ||||||
| Province of residency | Northern | 52 | 66.1 | 22.0 | 39.9 | 32.9 | 45.4 | 22.4 | 58.6 | 19.7 |
| Southern | 37 | 60.7 | 25.6 | 39.2 | 29.8 | 41.1 | 20.0 | 54.2 | 18.1 | |
| Central | 682 | 64.9 | 20.3 | 42.3 | 28.1 | 43.8 | 21.8 | 58.0 | 16.8 | |
| Eastern | 122 | 61.8 | 22.6 | 40.4 | 26.6 | 42.1 | 22.5 | 55.3 | 18.2 | |
| Western | 224 | 63.8 | 22.1 | 44.9 | 28.3 | 42.2 | 24.0 | 57.5 | 18.8 | |
| Outside Saudi Arabia | 32 | 59.9 | 25.5 | 31.3 | 31.1 | 40.0 | 26.4 | 51.8 | 19.1 | |
| P-value | 0.417 | 0.156 | 0.743 | 0.212 | ||||||
| Marital status | Unmarried | 646 | 63.2 | 21.4 | 40.7 | 28.6 | 41.1 | 23.4 | 56.0 | 17.9 |
| Married | 503 | 65.2 | 21.2 | 43.9 | 28.1 | 45.9 | 20.9 | 59.1 | 17.1 | |
| P-value | 0.117 | 0.053 | <0.005 | 0.003 | ||||||
| Education | Secondary school or less | 336 | 58.5 | 21.6 | 39.6 | 29.1 | 40.4 | 24.0 | 52.9 | 18.8 |
| University degree | 707 | 66.1 | 20.7 | 42.5 | 27.7 | 44.1 | 21.7 | 58.8 | 16.9 | |
| Postgraduate degree | 106 | 68.4 | 21.3 | 47.6 | 30.4 | 46.2 | 21.4 | 61.8 | 16.2 | |
| P-value | <0.005 | 0.033 | 0.016 | <0.005 | ||||||
| Monthly incomea | Less than 7000 | 690 | 62.3 | 21.4 | 41.4 | 29.0 | 41.6 | 22.2 | 55.7 | 18.0 |
| 7000 to less than 12,000 | 218 | 63.3 | 21.8 | 45.0 | 27.3 | 42.8 | 23.7 | 57.4 | 18.3 | |
| 12,000 to less than 18,000 | 137 | 69.7 | 19.0 | 42.9 | 26.1 | 47.3 | 21.4 | 61.9 | 14.9 | |
| 18,000 or more | 104 | 70.6 | 19.8 | 39.9 | 29.7 | 49.4 | 21.0 | 62.3 | 15.6 | |
| P-value | <0.005 | 0.338 | 0.001 | <0.005 | ||||||
a In Saudi Riyals (1$ = 3.75 SR).