Table 3.
Association of attitude with socio-demographic characteristics of participants.
| Variable | All (%) | A1. Do you worry about contracting COVID-19? | A2. Do you follow recommendations given by the MOH or DHO to prevent the spread of COVID-19? | A3. Do you agree that COVID-19 can be cured? | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | p | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | p | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | p | ||
| Sample size | 1,763 (100) | 1,570 (89.1) | 193 (10.9) | 1,276 (72.4) | 487 (27.6) | 1,293 (73.3) | 470 (26.7) | |||
| Age group in years | 0.102 | 0.703 | 0.832 | |||||||
| 18–29 | 892 (100) | 779 (87.3) | 113 (12.7) | 650 (72.9) | 242 (27.1) | 658 (73.8) | 234 (26.2) | |||
| 30–40 | 549 (100) | 495 (90.2) | 54 (9.8) | 398 (72.5) | 151 (27.5) | 403 (73.4) | 146 (26.6) | |||
| 41–50 | 231 (100) | 213 (92.2) | 18 (7.8) | 167 (72.3) | 64 (27.7) | 169 (73.2) | 62 (26.8) | |||
| 51 and above | 91 (100) | 83 (91.2) | 8 (8.8) | 61 (67) | 30 (33) | 63 (69.2) | 28 (30.8) | |||
| Sex | 0.032 | 0.009 | 0.015 | |||||||
| Female | 759 (100) | 662 (87.2) | 97 (12.8) | 525 (69.2) | 234 (30.8) | 579 (76.3) | 180 (23.7) | |||
| Male | 1,004 (100) | 908 (90.4) | 96 (9.6) | 751 (74.8) | 253 (25.2) | 714 (71.1) | 290 (28.9) | |||
| Marital status | 0.001 | 0.219 | 0.318 | |||||||
| Single | 891 (100) | 778 (87.3) | 113 (12.7) | 639 (71.7) | 252 (28.3) | 660 (74.1) | 231 (25.9) | |||
| Married | 811 (100) | 743 (91.6) | 68 (8.4) | 598 (73.7) | 213 (26.3) | 594 (73.2) | 217 (26.8) | |||
| Divorced | 42 (100) | 31 (73.8) | 11 (26.2) | 25 (59.5) | 17 (40.5) | 28 (66.7) | 14 (33.3) | |||
| Others* | 19 (100) | 18 (94.7) | 1 (5.3) | 14 (73.7) | 5 (26.3) | 11 (57.9) | 8 (42.1) | |||
| Occupation | 0.051 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |||||||
| Farmers | 247 (100) | 213 (86.2) | 34 (13.8) | 125 (50.6) | 122 (49.4) | 196 (79.4) | 51 (20.6) | |||
| Business | 284 (100) | 262 (92.3) | 22 (7.7) | 201 (70.8) | 83 (29.2) | 225 (79.2) | 59 (20.8) | |||
| Health workers | 418 (100) | 385 (92.1) | 33 (7.9) | 342 (81.8) | 76 (18.2) | 293 (70.1) | 125 (29.9) | |||
| Household | 67 (100) | 58 (86.6) | 9 (13.4) | 39 (58.2) | 28 (41.8) | 52 (77.6) | 15 (22.4) | |||
| Security | 49 (100) | 43 (87.8) | 6 (12.2) | 36 (73.5) | 13 (26.5) | 43 (87.8) | 6 (12.2) | |||
| Student | 346 (100) | 295 (85.3) | 51 (14.7) | 268 (77.5) | 78 (22.5) | 233 (67.3) | 113 (32.7) | |||
| Teacher | 119 (100) | 104 (87.4) | 15 (12.6) | 96 (80.7) | 23 (19.3) | 89 (74.8) | 30 (25.2) | |||
| Driver | 50 (100) | 46 (92) | 4 (8) | 29 (58) | 21 (42) | 35 (70) | 15 (30) | |||
| Others** | 183 (100) | 164 (89.6) | 19 (10.4) | 140 (76.5) | 43 (23.5) | 127 (69.4) | 56 (30.6) | |||
| Location (region) | 0.039 | 0.001 | 0.386 | |||||||
| Western | 756 (100) | 688 (91) | 68 (9) | 616 (81.5) | 140 (18.5) | 552 (73) | 204 (27) | |||
| Central | 517 (100) | 444 (85.9) | 73 (14.1) | 330 (63.8) | 187 (36.2) | 386 (74.7) | 131 (25.3) | |||
| Eastern | 263 (100) | 235 (89.4) | 28 (10.6) | 182 (69.2) | 81 (30.8) | 198 (75.3) | 65 (24.7) | |||
| Northern | 227 (100) | 203 (89.4) | 24 (10.6) | 148 (65.2) | 79 (34.8) | 157 (69.2) | 70 (30.8) | |||
| Knowledge | 0.001 | 0.116 | 0.001 | |||||||
| Poorly | 29 (100) | 5 (17.2) | 24 (82.8) | 17 (58.6) | 12 (41.4) | 16 (55.2) | 13 (44.8) | |||
| Moderate | 323 (100) | 167 (51.7) | 156 (48.3) | 245 (75.9) | 78 (24.1) | 270 (83.6) | 53 (16.4) | |||
| Highly | 1,411 (100) | 1,104 (78.2) | 307 (21.8) | 1,031 (73.1) | 380 (26.9) | 1,284 (91.0) | 127 (9.0) | |||
aOR, adjusted odds ratio; Ref, reference variable group.
Other*: Widowed, cohabiting, separated and in relation.
Other**: Technologist and point of entry agent.