Table 3.
Concerns about COVID-19 according to participants’ characteristics.
| Variable |
Very (n=8112), n (%) |
General/not at all (n=2177), n (%) |
Z or χ2 | P value | |
| Sex | χ2=2.42 | .02 | |||
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Male | 2146 (80.37) | 524 (19.63) |
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Female | 5966 (78.15) | 1668 (21.85) |
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| Age (years) | Z=318.28 | <.001 | |||
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15-20 | 610 (67.70) | 291 (32.30) |
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21-30 | 3542 (73.33) | 1288 (26.67) |
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31-40 | 2517 (85.47) | 428 (14.53) |
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41-50 | 1004 (87.99) | 137 (12.01) |
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51-60 | 364 (90.32) | 39 (9.68) |
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≥60 | 75 (89.29) | 9 (9.71) |
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| Educational attainment | Z=11.97 | .001 | |||
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No education | 70 (76.09) | 20 (21.91) |
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Primary | 340 (78.34) | 93 (21.66) |
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Preparatory | 846 (75.74) | 270 (24.26) |
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Secondary | 5678 (78.65) | 1530 (21.34) |
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University graduate | 1178 (81.69) | 264 (18.31) |
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| Occupation and employment status | Z=35.50 | <.001 | |||
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Government and public institution staff | 1461 (84.50) | 268 (15.50) |
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Enterprise/commercial/service worker | 3234 (78.88) | 866 (21.12) |
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Farmer | 85 (81.73) | 19 (18.27) |
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Retired | 181 (89.60) | 21 (10.40) |
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Homemaker | 613 (81.62) | 138 (18.38) |
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Student | 1300 (68.64) | 594 (31.36) |
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Unemployed | 286 (72.41) | 109 (27.59) |
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Medical staff | 572 (85.63) | 96 (14.37) |
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Other | 380 (82.43) | 81 (17.57) |
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| Infection status | Z=5.83 | .054 | |||
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Suspected case | 18 (62.07) | 11 (37.93) |
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Close contact | 234 (79.86) | 59 (20.14) |
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None of the above | 7860 (78.74) | 2122 (21.26) |
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