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. 2021 Feb 16:1–9. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.34

Table 6.

Attitude toward COVID-19 by demographic characteristics

Variables Attitudes of Jordanian people toward COVID-19 (N)
Successfully controlled COVID-19 Winning the battle against COVID-19
Agree Disagree Don’t know χ 2 P Yes No Don’t know χ 2 P
Gender
  Female 494 73 76 2.19 .331 604 35 4 6.53 .038
  Male 349 42 42 405 18 10
Age (y)
  Less than 29 288 42 34 2.30 .681 341 19 4 4.91 .296
  30-49 463 59 68 554 30 6
  Above 50 92 14 16 114 4 4
Marital status
  Single 287 51 32 9.28 .050 345 21 4 3.30 .508
  Divorced 14 1 2 14 2 1
  Married 542 64 84 650 30 10
Household income (JD)
  < 500 a month 271 37 37 3.54 .47 322 19 4 .45 .97
  500-1000 a month 327 44 55 400 20 6
  >1000 a month 245 34 26 287 14 4
Level of education
  Less than 7 grades 10 2 4 7.18 .304 14 1 2 32.8 .000
  High school 102 18 12 120 7 4
  University graduate 731 95 102 875 45 8
Profession
  Faculty members 44 9 5 37.3 .011 57 1 1 81.3 .000
  Unemployment 135 8 22 155 10 2
  School teacher 76 4 10 89 1 3
  Health practitioner 182 35 26 227 13 3
  Engineer 54 7 6 64 3 1
  Clerical Employee 61 18 15 78 6 7
  Military & police 42 2 6 48 1 2
  Blue collar workers 121 15 13 140 9 1
  College student 71 14 12 90 7 1
  Retirement 57 3 3 61 2 2
Governorate
  Amman 327 61 42 47.3 .001 401 20 5 44.7 .003
  Tafila 35 1 4 40 1 1
  Maan 27 6 9 39 3 1
  Aqaba 43 6 9 51 1 1
  Balqa 159 12 17 184 2 2
  Zarqa 47 8 13 62 6 1
  Jarash 38 3 4 44 1 1
  Ajloun 32 3 5 38 1 1
  Irbid 49 1 12 56 6 2
  Mafraq 24 8 2 31 2 1
  Madaba 25 3 1 26 2 2
  Karak 37 3 7 37 9 1

Note: ** P < 0.01, * P < 0.05.