Table 4.

Predictors of knowledge about COVID-19 among secondary school students in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia, 2021 (n=370)

Variable		Regression coefficient	SE	P value	Adjusted OR	95% CI for AOR
Age	15–19 (ref.)
	20–30	0.19	0.34	0.58	1.21	0.62 to 2.37
Marital status	Single (ref.)
	Engaged/married	−0.75	0.33	0.02	0.47	0.25 to 0.90
Religion	Orthodox (ref.)
	Muslim	0.40	0.35	0.25	1.46	0.74 to 2.89
	Other*	2.04	0.84	0.01	7.71	1.50 to 39.66
Father’s educational status	Unable to read and write (ref.)
	Able to read and write	0.28	0.33	0.39	1.33	0.69 to 2. 55
	Completed primary school	0.22	0.39	0.57	1.24	0.58 to 2.66
	Completed secondary school	0.06	0.39	0.89	1.06	0.49 to 2.30
	Diploma and higher	0.94	0.44	0.03	2.56	1.07 to 6.12
Father’s occupation	Government employee (ref.)
	NGO employee	0.29	0.38	0.44	1.34	0.64 to 2.80
	Merchant	−0.44	0.33	0.18	0.64	0.34 to 1.23
	Farmer	−0.41	0.37	0.27	0.67	0.32 to 1.38
	Other	−0.75	0.48	0.12	0.47	0.18 to 1.20
Living arrangement	Parents (ref.)
	Siblings	−0.26	0.33	0.44	0.77	0.41 to 1.47
	Relatives	−0.30	0.38	0.44	0.74	0.35 to 1.57
	Alone	−1.14	0.40	0.00	0.32	0.15 to 0.69
	Others	−0.27	0.66	0.69	0.77	0.21 to 2.77
Source of information about COVID-19	Facebook (ref.)
	Telegram	0.81	0.59	0.17	2.24	0.70 to 7.13
	Television	1.89	0.46	0.00	6.68	2.73 to 16.36
	Radio	1.07	0.52	0.04	2.91	1.04 to 8.11
	Health professionals	1.42	0.52	0.01	4.15	1.51 to 11.40
Cut 1		1.21	0.60			0.04 to 2.38
Cut 2		2.67	0.61			1.48 to 3.86

*Other: catholic and protestant.

NGO, non-governmental organisation.