Table 1.
Characteristics of university and college students in network-based survey, China, February 20–22, 2020
| Variables | N (%) | PA () | t/F | NA () | t/F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 17,876 (100) | 25.5 ± 7.3 | 19.1 ± 7.1 | ||
| Gender | 1.184 | 1.071 | |||
| Male | 5058 (28.3) | 25.6 ± 8.1 | 19.2 ± 7.9 | ||
| Female | 12,818 (71.7) | 25.5 ± 7.0 | 19.1 ± 6.8 | ||
| Education | 211.890** | 24.193** | |||
| Two- and three-year students | 9230 (51.6) | 24.5 ± 7.6 | 18.8 ± 7.2 | ||
| Undergraduate | 8185 (45.8) | 26.6 ± 6.9 | 19.5 ± 7.1 | ||
| Master and above | 461 (2.6) | 27.6 ± 6.8 | 19.8 ± 7.0 | ||
| Residence | 0.816 | 2.279 | |||
| Village | 9113 (51.0) | 25.6 ± 7.2 | 19.2 ± 7.0 | ||
| Town | 4524 (25.3) | 25.4 ± 7.3 | 19.1 ± 7.0 | ||
| City | 4239 (23.7) | 25.6 ± 7.6 | 19.0 ± 7.5 | ||
| Major | 2.860* | 2.004* | |||
| Medical | 10,972 (61.4) | 25.7 ± 7.0 | 19.0 ± 7.2 | ||
| Non-medical | 6904 (38.6) | 25.4 ± 7.5 | 19.3 ± 7.1 | ||
| Health literacy on communicable diseases | − 12.621** | 2.035* | |||
| No | 14,488 (81.0) | 25.2 ± 7.4 | 19.2 ± 7.2 | ||
| Yes | 3388 (19.0) | 26.9 ± 6.9 | 18.9 ± 6.8 | ||
| Satisfaction with measures for pandemic prevention and control | 17.936 | 108.395** | |||
| High | 12,960 (72.5) | 25.7 ± 7.4 | 18.7 ± 7.0 | ||
| Moderate | 4632 (25.9) | 25.1 ± 6.9 | 20.2 ± 7.2 | ||
| Low | 284 (1.6) | 24.4 ± 8.6 | 22.6 ± 8.9 | ||
| Concern about the outbreak | 309.171** | 30.487** | |||
| High | 8195 (45.8) | 26.8 ± 7.7 | 19.5 ± 7.5 | ||
| Moderate | 9259 (51.8) | 24.6 ± 6.7 | 18.9 ± 6.8 | ||
| Low | 422 (2.4) | 20.7 ± 7.6 | 17.4 ± 7.5 | ||
| The risk of infection | 5.436* | 232.262** | |||
| High | 272 (1.5) | 27.0 ± 9.1 | 23.7 ± 9.7 | ||
| Moderate | 2398 (13.4) | 25.6 ± 6.8 | 21.6 ± 7.3 | ||
| Low | 15,206 (85.1) | 25.5 ± 7.4 | 18.7 ± 7.0 | ||
| Impact of the outbreak | 95.555** | 946.300** | |||
| High | 6492 (36.3) | 26.4 ± 7.2 | 21.7 ± 7.4 | ||
| Moderate | 7294 (40.8) | 25.3 ± 6.9 | 18.7 ± 6.6 | ||
| Low | 4090 (22.9) | 24.5 ± 8.1 | 15.8 ± 6.1 | ||
| Sleep duration | 11.091** | 27.382** | |||
| Short sleep | 621 (3.5) | 24.6 ± 8.4 | 21.0 ± 8.5 | ||
| Normal sleep | 8751 (49.0) | 25.8 ± 7.2 | 18.9 ± 7.0 | ||
| Long sleep | 8504 (47.6) | 25.4 ± 7.4 | 19.2 ± 7.2 | ||
| Outing in the past 2 weeks | 5.590* | 1.256 | |||
| Stay at home all the time | 13,538 (75.7) | 25.5 ± 7.3 | 19.1 ± 7.1 | ||
| Walk around the house | 3781 (21.2) | 25.9 ± 7.1 | 19.2 ± 7.1 | ||
| Often go out | 72 (0.4) | 26.3 ± 9.0 | 20.3 ± 8.9 | ||
| Others | 485 (2.7) | 24.6 ± 8.5 | 19.3 ± 8.4 | ||
| Frequency of masks wearing | 7.321* | 11.980** | |||
| Every time | 16,098 (90.1) | 25.6 ± 7.3 | 19.0 ± 7.1 | ||
| Often | 1059 (5.9) | 25.5 ± 7.3 | 20.1 ± 7.4 | ||
| Not at all | 719 (4.0) | 24.5 ± 7.9 | 19.4 ± 7.7 | ||
| Frequency of hand washing in the past 2 weeks | 75.164** | 13.440** | |||
| Increased significantly | 13,714 (76.7) | 25.9 ± 7.3 | 19.3 ± 7.1 | ||
| As usual | 4008 (22.4) | 24.4 ± 7.3 | 18.6 ± 7.2 | ||
| Others | 154 (0.9) | 23.2 ± 9.3 | 18.3 ± 8.9 |
**P < 0.001, *P < 0.05, PA and NA were measured by PANAS scale (Watson et al. 1988)