Table 4.

Source of information about COVID-19 among university students in Jordan by socio-demographic variables.

Demographic variable	Category	N	Mass media		Internet and Social media		Scientific websites and articles		Others
			N (%)	P-value	N (%)	P-value	N (%)	P-value	N (%)	P-value
Overall		2,083	1,408 (67.6)		1,605 (77.1)		505 (24.2)		145 (7.0)
Age	18–19.9 years	498	328 (65.9)	0.567	379 (76.1)	0.819	110 (22.1)	0.000	33 (6.6)	0.842
	20–24.9 years	1,304	892 (68.4)		1,007 (77.2)		297 (22.8)		94 (7.2)
	≥25 years	281	188 (66.9)		219 (77.9)		98 (34.9)		18 (6.4)
Gender	Female	1,572	1,080 (68.7)	0.058	1,187 (75.5)	0.003	348 (22.1)	0.000	87 (5.5)	0.000
	Male	511	328 (64.2)		418 (81.8)		157 (30.7)		58 (11.4)
University	Northern universities	551	371 (67.3)	0.186	428 (77.7)	0.523	161 (29.2)	0.006	37 (6.7)
	Middle universities	1,477	1,006 (68.1)		1,138 (77.0)		333 (22.5)		107 (7.2)
	Southern universities	55	31 (56.4)		39 (70.9)		11 (20.5)		10 (18.7)
College	Engineering	415	271 (65.3)	0.305	350 (84.3)	0.000	109 (26.3)	0.000	39 (9.4)	0.165
	Medical sciences	535	351 (65.6)		415 (77.6)		177 (33.1)		33 (6.2)
	Agriculture and general sciences	376	262 (69.7)		292 (77.7)		90 (23.9)		22 (5.9)
	Human sciences	757	524 (69.2)		548 (72.4)		129(17.0)		51 (6.7)
Education level	Undergraduate	1,879	1,270 (67.6)	0.987	1448 (77.1)	0.974	433 (23.0)	0.000	136 (7.2)	0.132
	Postgraduate	204	138 (67.6)		157 (77.0)		72 (35.3)		9 (4.4)
Accommodation type	Villa	106	69 (65.1)	0.711	80 (75.5)	0.020	32 (30.2)	0.260	11 (10.4)	0.383
	Flat	798	530 (66.4)		642 (80.5)		203 (25.4)		59 (7.4)
	House	1,153	791 (68.6)		866 (75.1)		265 (23.0)		74 (6.4)
	Others	26	18 (69.2)		17 (65.4)		5 (19.2)		1 (3.8)
Place of residence	City	1,642	1,096 (66.7)	0.265	1,289 (78.5)	0.007	407 (24.8)	0.096	116 (7.1)	0.873
	Village	390	277 (71.0)		282 (72.3)		92 (23.6)		25 (6.4)
	Others	51	35 (68.6)		34 (66.7)		6 (11.8)		4 (7.8)