Table 7.
Precautionary Measures Toward COVID-19 by Demographics
| Variable | P1-Correct N (%) |
P2-Correct N (%) | P3-Correct N (%) | P4-Correct N (%) | P5-Correct N (%) |
P6-Correct N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 62 (72.9) | 33 (38.8) | 31 (36.5) | 74 (87.1) | 35 (41.2) | 72 (84.7) |
| Female | 500 (76.3) | 396 (60.5) | 497 (75.9) | 647 (98.8) | 476 (72.7) | 626 (95.6) |
| p-value | 0.411 | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.571 |
| Age | ||||||
| >18 | 8 (100) | 6 (75) | 5 (62.5) | 7 (87.5) | 4 (50) | 8 (100) |
| 18–30 | 135 (72.2) | 105 (56.1) | 123 (65.8) | 180 (96.3) | 127 (67.9) | 176 (94.1) |
| 31–50 | 341 (76.3) | 261 (58.4) | 329 (73.6) | 438 (98) | 325 (72.7) | 422 (94.4) |
| 51–70 | 77 (79.4) | 56 (57.7) | 70 (72.2) | 95 (97.9) | 54 (55.7) | 91 (93.8) |
| p-value | 0.605 | 0.981 | 0.05 | 0.144 | 0.01* | 0.99 |
| Educational level | ||||||
| High School | 107 (78.7) | 74 (54.4) | 94 (69.1) | 133 (97.8) | 98 (72.1) | 128 (94.1) |
| Secondary School | 562 (75.9) | 10 (58.8) | 14 (82.4) | 17 (100) | 9 (52.9) | 16 (94.1) |
| Primary School | 7 (70) | 6 (60) | 8 (80) | 9 (90) | 6 (60) | 10 (100) |
| University-Education | 395 (75.1) | 312 (59.3) | 381 (72.4) | 513 (97.5) | 364 (69.2) | 496 (94.1) |
| Postgraduate | 39 (76.5) | 27 (52.9) | 31 (60.8) | 49 (96.1) | 34 (66.7) | 48 (94.1) |
| p-value | 0.654 | 0.86 | 0.006 | 0.226 | 0.648 | 0.955 |
Note: *p is significant at <0.05.
Abbreviations: N, number of participants; %, percentage; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; P1, precautionary measures question-1; P2, precautionary measures question-2; P3, precautionary measures question-3; P4, precautionary measures question-4; P5, precautionary measures question-5; P6, precautionary measures question-6.