Table 4. Associations between background characters and Knowledge, attitudes regarding COVID 19.
| Variable | Knowledge Score (4–7) | Knowledge Score (0–3) |
(P-value) | Attitude Score (2–4) | Attitude Score (0–2) | (P-value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Overall | 847 (84.19) | 159 (15.8) | 694 (69) | 312 (31) | ||
| • Male | 400 (84,7) | 72 (15,3) | 0,695 | 350 (74,2) | 122 (25,8) | <0.001* |
| • Female | 447 (83,7) | 87 (16,3) | 344 (64,4) | 190 (35,6) | ||
| Age | ||||||
| • <20 | 20 (62,4) | 12 (37,5) | 0,003* | 14 (43,8) | 18 (56,3) | 0.028 |
| • [20–30] | 293 (81,2) | 68 (18,8) | 257 (71,2) | 104 (28,8) | ||
| • [30–40] | 326 (88,8) | 41 (11,2) | 250 (68,1) | 117 (31,9) | ||
| • [40–50] | 119 (85,6) | 20 (14,4) | 96 (69,1) | 43 (30,9) | ||
| • ≥50 | 89 (83,2) | 18 (16,8) | 77 (72) | 30 (28) | ||
| Profession | ||||||
| • Health care worker | 91 (91,9) | 8 (8,1) | <0,001* |
79 (79,8) | 20 (20,2) | 0.003* |
| • Private sector worker | 163 (89,6) | 19 (10,4) | 112(61,5) | 70 (38,5) | ||
| • Public service personnel | 128 (90,8) | 13 (9,2) | 109 (77,3) | 32 (22,7) | ||
| • Retired | 17 (100) | 0 (0) | 13(76,5) | 4 (23,5) | ||
| • Student | 207 (77,2) | 61 (22,8) | 183 (68,3) | 85 (31,7) | ||
| • Teacher/Lecturer | 108 (80) | 27 (20) | 97 (71,9) | 38 (28,1) | ||
| • Others | 133 (82,9) | 31 (17,1) | 114 (63) | 67 (37) | ||
| Working environment | ||||||
| • At home | 168 (82) | 37 (18) | 0,146 | 129 (62,9) | 76 (37,1) | 0.007* |
| • Face to face interaction with customers | 227 (83,8) | 44 (16,2) | 177 (65,3) | 94 (34,7) | ||
| • Hospital | 90 (88,2) | 12 (11,8) | 82 (80,4) | 20 (19.6) | ||
| • Office | 225 (87,5) | 32 (12,5) | 189 (73,5) | 68 (26.5) | ||
| • Out door environment | 137 (80,1) | 34 (19,9) | 117 (68.4) | 54 (31.6) | ||
| City of residence | ||||||
| • Yaounde | 538 (85,1) | 94 (14,9) | 0.009* | 439 (69.5) | 193 (30.5) | 0.023 |
| • Douala | 130 (89) | 16 (11) | 91 (62.3) | 55 (37.7) | ||
| • Buea | 70 (78,7) | 19 (21,3) | 56 (62.9) | 33 (37.1) | ||
| • Others | 109 (78,4) | 30 (21,6) | 108 (77.7) | 31 (22.3) |
*Statistically significant at p <0.05