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. 2020 May 29;8:254. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00254

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)