Table 4.
Knowledge of the respondents about the coronavirus.
| Lebanon |
Jordan |
Tunisia |
TOTAL |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%)‡ | N (%)‡ | N (%)‡ | N(%)† | ||
| Can the coronavirus survive cooking temperatures? | Yes | 30 (8.7) | 31 (7.7) | 24 (7.6) | 85(7.9) |
| No | 257 (74.7) a | 220 (54.3) a | 198 (62.9) b | 675(63.4) | |
| I dont know | 57 (16.6) ab | 154 (38.0) a | 93 (29.5) b | 304(28.7) | |
| TOTAL | 344 (32) | 405(38) | 315 (30) | 1064 | |
| Can the coronavirus survive freezer temperatures? | Yes | 162 (48.0) ab | 125 (30.8) a | 96 (30.5) b | 383(36.0) |
| No | 52(15.2) | 63(15.5) | 37(11.7) | 152(14.5) | |
| I dont know | 127 (37.2) ab | 218 (53.7) a | 182 (57.8) b | 527(49.5) | |
| TOTAL | 341 (32) | 406 (38) | 315 (30) | 1062 | |
| Can the coronavirus survive refrigerator temperatures (below 5 ° C)? | Yes | 179 (52.0) ab | 137 (33.8) a | 108 (34.3) b | 424(39.9) |
| No | 34(9.9) | 42(10.4) | 29(9.2) | 105(9.9) | |
| I dont know | 131 (38.1) ab | 226 (55.8) a | 178 (56.5)b | 535(50.2) | |
| TOTAL | 344(32) | 405(38) | 315(38) | 1064 | |
Values within the same raw with similar superscript are significantly different (p < 0.05).
‡ % of total respondents in each country.
† % of the total sample size.