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. 2020 Jul 8;103(3):1177–1183. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0418

Table 3.

Students’ life disturbance and fear of being infected by COVID-19 by sociodemographic variables

Demographic variable Category N Worried about suffering from COVID-19 Daily life has been disturbed by COVID-19
N (%) P-value N (%) P-value
Overall 2,083 1,441 (69.2) 1,871 (89.8)
Age (years) 18–19.9 498 326 (65.5) 0.050 445 (89.4) 0.374
20–24.9 1,304 908 (69.6) 1,167 (89.5)
≥ 25 281 207 (73.7) 259 (92.2)
Gender Female 1,572 1,112 (70.7) 0.007 1,407 (89.5) 0.399
Male 511 329 (64.4) 464 (90.8)
University location Northern 551 391 (71.0) 0.216 496 (90.0) 0.813
Middle 1,477 1,017 (68.9) 1,327 (89.8)
Southern 55 33 (60.0) 48 (87.3)
College Engineering 415 270 (65.1) 0.003 375 (90.4) 0.757
Medical sciences 535 348 (65.0) 482 (90.1)
Agriculture and general sciences 376 270 (71.8) 341 (90.7)
Human sciences 757 553 (73.1) 673 (88.9)
Level of tertiary study Undergraduate 1,879 1,295 (68.9) 0.436 1,684 (89.6) 0.359
Postgraduate 204 146 (71.6) 187 (91.7)
Accommodation type Villa 106 74 (69.8) 0.893 95 (89.6) 0.001
Flat 798 545 (68.3) 732 (91.7)
House 1,153 803 (69.6) 1,026 (89.0)
Others 26 19 (73.1) 18 (69.2)
Place of residence City 1,642 1,150 (70.0) 0.059 1,479 (90.1) 0.323
Village 390 252 (64.6) 344 (88.2)
Others 51 39 (76.5) 48 (94.1)