Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the background characteristics of the study population

Variable	Category	n (%)
Age (years)	18-30	856 (63.59)
	31-40	270 (20.05)
	41-50	125 (9.28)
	>50 years	95 (7.05)
Gender	Female	594 (44.13)
	Male	752 (55.86)
Education (highest qualification at the time of data collection)	Secondary school	132 (9.8)
	Bachelor’s degree	796 (59.13)
	Master’s degree	418 (31.05)
Presence of known COVID-19 cases in the close surroundings	Yes	129 (9.58)
	No	1217 (90.41)
Current tobacco user	Yes	183 (13.59)
	No	1163 (86.4)
Current alcohol consumer	Yes	136 (10.1)
	No	1210 (89.89)