Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of university students and knowledge score of COVID-19 among University students in Jordan by socio-demographic variables.
| Demographic variable | Category | N | Knowledge category (%) | Knowledge score (%) | X2 | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Moderate | Good | ||||||
| Overall | 62 (3.0) | 844 (40.5) | 1,177 (56.5) | 80.1 | ||||
| Age | 18–19.9 years | 498 | 19 (3.8) | 211 (42.4) | 268 (53.8) | 79.2 | 5.414 | 0.247 |
| 20–24.9 years | 1,304 | 36 (2.8) | 532 (40.8) | 736 (56.4) | 80.2 | |||
| ≥25 years | 281 | 7 (2.5) | 101 (35.9) | 173 (61.6) | 81.6 | |||
| Gender | Female | 1,572 | 48 (3.1) | 626 (39.8) | 898 (57.1) | 80.3 | 1.330 | 0.514 |
| Male | 511 | 14 (2.7) | 218 (42.7) | 279 (54.6) | 79.7 | |||
| University location | Northern universities | 551 | 13 (2.8) | 208 (37.7) | 330 (59.9) | 81.1 | 4.546 | 0.337 |
| Middle universities | 1,477 | 48 (3.2) | 611 (41.4) | 818 (55.4) | 79.9 | |||
| Southern universities | 55 | 1 (1.8) | 25 (45.5) | 29 (52.7) | 78.2 | |||
| College | Engineering | 415 | 7 (1.7) | 167 (40.2) | 241 (58.1) | 80.3 | 77.738 | 0.000 |
| Medical sciences | 535 | 8 (1.5) | 158 (29.5) | 369 (69.0) | 82.8 | |||
| Agriculture and general sciences | 376 | 9 (2.4) | 147 (39.1) | 220 (58.5) | 80.5 | |||
| Human sciences | 757 | 38 (5.0) | 372 (49.1) | 347 (45.8) | 78.0 | |||
| Education level | Undergraduate | 1,879 | 54 (2.9) | 778 (41.4) | 1,047 (55.7) | 80.0 | 6.487 | 0.039 |
| Postgraduate | 204 | 8 (3.9) | 66 (32.4) | 130 (63.7) | 81.9 | |||
| Accommodation type | Villa | 106 | 2 (1.9) | 39 (36.8) | 65 (61.3) | 80.7 | 9.185 | 0.163 |
| Flat | 798 | 22 (2.8) | 298 (37.3) | 478 (59.9) | 80.8 | |||
| House | 1,153 | 37 (3.2) | 494 (42.8) | 622 (53.9) | 79.7 | |||
| Others | 26 | 1 (3.8) | 13 (50.0) | 12 (46.2) | 78.5 | |||
| Place of residence | City | 1,642 | 47 (2.9) | 653 (39.8) | 942 (57.4) | 80.3 | 4.015 | 0.404 |
| Village | 390 | 13 (3.3) | 165 (42.3) | 212 (54.4) | 79.8 | |||
| Others | 51 | 2 (3.9) | 26 (51.0) | 23 (45.1) | 78.2 | |||