TABLE 1.

Socio-economics characteristics of respondents.

Characteristics	Income changes due to the impact of COVID-19				Total		p-value
	Yes		No
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	229	67.2	112	32.8	341	100.0
Gender
Male	72	31.4	45	40.2	117	34.3	0.11
Female	157	68.6	67	59.8	224	65.7
Region
Northern	173	75.6	89	79.5	262	76.8	0.06
Central	32	14.0	8	7.1	40	11.7
Southern	19	8.3	15	13.4	34	10.0
Foreign	5	2.2	0	0.0	5	1.5
Age group
Under 25	58	25.3	27	24.1	85	24.9	0.99
25–34	68	29.7	34	30.4	102	29.9
35–44	62	27.1	32	28.6	94	27.6
Above 44	41	17.9	19	17.0	60	17.6
Religion
Yes	36	15.7	15	13.4	51	15.0	0.57
No	193	84.3	97	86.6	290	85.0
Marital status
Single	82	35.8	45	40.2	127	37.2	0.38
Living with spouse	140	61.1	66	58.9	206	60.4
Others	7	3.1	1	0.9	8	2.4
Family size
1–2 people	41	17.9	23	20.5	64	18.8	0.36
3–5 people	167	72.9	74	66.1	241	70.7
Above 5 people	21	9.2	15	13.4	36	10.6
Educational level
High school and below	44	19.2	31	27.7	75	22.0	0.11
Undergraduate	132	57.6	52	46.4	184	54.0
Postgraduate	53	23.1	29	25.9	82	24.1
Occupation
Health workers	47	20.5	19	17.0	66	19.4	0.15
Professional educators	33	14.4	23	20.5	56	16.4
White-collar workers	44	19.2	27	24.1	71	20.8
Students	55	24.0	29	25.9	84	24.6
Others	50	21.8	14	12.5	64	18.8
Employment status
Government officials	74	32.3	40	35.7	114	33.4	0.76
Indefinite-term contract	43	18.8	23	20.5	66	19.4
Definite-term contract	24	10.5	10	8.9	34	10.0
Farmers / Students / Homemakers / Unemployed / Retired	70	30.6	34	30.4	104	30.5
Others	18	7.9	5	4.5	23	6.7
Having health insurance
Yes	217	94.8	111	99.1	328	96.2	0.05
No	12	5.2	1	0.9	13	3.8
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p-value
Age	33.4	10.3	34.2	11.9	33.7	10.8	0.88