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. 2020 Jun 10;30(3):567–571. doi: 10.1007/s10389-020-01325-9

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics (n = 894)

F %
Gender Male 522 58.4%
Female 372 41.6%
Age (years) (mean ± SD) 33 ± 10
Age group Under 20 years 23 2.6%
20–29 years 364 40.7%
30–39 years 309 34.6%
40–49 years 133 14.9%
50 years and above 65 7.3%
Place of residence Erbil 526 58.8%
Slemani 167 18.7%
Duhok 98 11.0%
Kirkuk 6 0.7%
Halabja 7 0.8%
Other cities 90 10.1%
Marital status Single 326 36.5%
Married 559 62.5%
Divorced 9 1.0%
Religion Muslim 875 97.9%
Christian 5 0.6%
Other religions 14 1.6%
Family economic status Very bad 8 0.9%
Bad 49 5.5%
Middle 527 58.9%
Good 290 32.4%
Very good 20 2.2%
Level of education Illiterate 14 1.6%
High school 137 15.3%
Diploma – Bachelor 565 63.2%
Master 128 14.3%
PhD 32 3.6%
Others 18 2.0%
Occupation Unemployed 95 10.6%
Student 134 15.0%
Housewife 31 3.5%
Governed employee 373 41.7%
Private employee 106 11.9%
Self-employee 121 13.5%
Others 34 3.8%
Income (dinars) (mean ± SD ) (726,000 ± 717,000)
Income group No income 200 22.4%
under 500,000 dinars 153 17.1%
500,000–999,000 dinars 286 32.0%
1,000,000–1,999,000 dinars 188 21.0%
2,000,000–2,999,000 dinars 45 5.0%
3,000,000 dinars and above 22 2.5%
Which of the approaches that are prepared by Kurdistan government to fight coronavirus do you approve of? (you can choose more than one) Quarantine 573 21.2%
Curfew (lockdown) 618 22.9%
Hospital preparation 404 15.0%
Checkpoints 307 11.4%
Closing of roads between cities and even inside cities 459 17.0%
Thermal cameras 341 12.6%