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) | |||