Table 3.

Summary Statistics and Description of Categorical Variables

Variables	Nature	Description	Min	Max	Mean	Std
Age	In years	Students age in years	21	39	28	2.14
Family size	No. of persons in a family	Family members	1	7	2	2.4
Health status	Categorical	Perceived health status ranges from extremely poor to excellent on a five-point Likert scale	1	5	4.21	1.05
Economy	Categorical	Respondent perception about the serious impact of COVID-19 on China’s economy ranges from not at all to extremely serious on a five-point Likert scale	1	5	4.48	0.78
Study	Categorical	Perception that COVID-19 will influence their studies ranges from not at all to serious influence measured through a five-point Likert scale	1	5	3.46	1.21
Severity	Categorical	Severity of COVID-19 in China ranges from not at all serious to extremely serious measured through a five-point Likert scale	1	5	4.67	1.76
Danger	Categorical	Effects of COVID-19 risk on respondent’s life range from not at all to extremely serious measured through a five-point Likert scale	1	5	4.41	1.95
Knowledge	Categorical	Knowledge on how COVID-19 spreads from little knowledge to much knowledge measured through a five-point Likert scale	1	5	3.88	0.76
Personal control	Categorical	Degree of personal control of COVID-19 risk ranges from not at all to extremely controllable measured through a five-point Likert scale	1	5	4.01	1.45
Concern	Categorical	Concern about COVID-19 infection ranges from not at all to extremely concerned measured through a five-point Likert scale	1	5	4.43	1.89
Safety	Categorical	Perception of safety in China ranges from not at all to fully safe measured through a five-point Likert scale	1	5	4.41	0.75