TABLE 3.
Comparison of Fear Level of Contracting COVID-19 in Subjects With Different Characteristics
| Participants (n = 1343) |
Statistics n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | No Fear | Fear with Different Severity | P-value | |
| Fear | 4.40 (3.34) | 243 (18.1) | 1100 (81.9) | < 0.001 |
| Gender | 0.850* | |||
| Male | 4.39 (3.20) | 119 (16.2) | 614 (83.8) | |
| Female | 4.42 (3.50) | 124 (20.3) | 486 (79.7) | |
| Education | < 0.001** | |||
| Illiterate (Ref) | 6.53 (3.49) | 21 (10.8) | 173 (89.2) | |
| High school and under | 4.71 (3.18) | 41 (16.9) | 201 (83.1) | |
| College and above | 3.86 (3.15) | 181 (20.0) | 726 (80.0) | |
| Working Place | 0.865* | |||
| Health settings | 4.38 (3.09) | 57 (14.2) | 345 (85.8) | |
| Non-health settings | 4.41 (3.44) | 186 (19.8) | 755 (80.2) | |
*Independent t-test and **1-way ANOVA were performed for statistical analyses.