Table 3.
General demographic characteristics and their comparison with the COVID-19 knowledge score
| Variables | N (%) | Knowledge Score Mean + SD |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 290 (13.7) | 5.68 ± 1.69 | 0.033* |
| Female | 1831 (86.3) | 5.46 ± 1.56 | ||
| Age (years) | < 21a | 870 (41.0) | 5.19 ± 1.51 | < 0.001* a vs b, P < 0.001 a vs c, P < 0.001 b vs c, P < 0.001 |
| 21-25b | 1089 (51.3) | 5.63 ± 1.52 | ||
| > 25c | 162 (7.6) | 6.16 ± 1.90 | ||
| Marital status | Married | 158 (7.4) | 5.91 ± 1.87 | 0.001* |
| Unmarried | 1963 (92.6) | 5.46 ± 1.54 | ||
| Education | Undergraduatea | 1630 (76.9) | 5.46 ± 1.57 | 0.051 a vs b, P = NS† a vs c, P = 0.046 b vs c, P = NS |
| Graduateb | 349 (16.5) | 5.53 ± 1.52 | ||
| Postgraduatec | 142 (6.7) | 5.78 ± 1.69 | ||
| Income (PKR/month) | Noa | 1587 (74.8) | 5.43 ± 1.53 | < 0.001* a vs e, P < 0.001 b vs e, P = 0.023 d vs e, P = 0.021 |
| < 30 000b | 134 (6.3) | 5.56 ± 1.68 | ||
| 30 000 to 50 000c | 153 (7.2) | 5.66 ± 1.75 | ||
| 50 001 to 100 000d | 151 (7.1) | 5.57 ± 1.59 | ||
| > 100 000e | 96 (4.5) | 6.19 ± 1.63 | ||
| Family members | 1-3a | 124 (5.8) | 5.64 ± 1.63 | 0.042* a vs b, P = NS a vs c, P = NS b vs c, P = NS |
| 4-6b | 1367 (64.5) | 5.54 ± 1.55 | ||
| > 7c | 630 (29.7) | 5.36 ± 1.61 | ||
†NS = nonsignificant.
Notes: Superscripts a, b, c, d, e of the items showing a 1-1 comparison of the post hoc test.