Table 6.
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.