Table 1.
Variables | Frequency (n) | Unweighted Percentages (%) | Weighted Percentages (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Migrant Status/Type | |||
Qataris (Non-migrants) | 171 | 16.5 | 19.6 |
White-collar migrants | 689 | 66.4 | 57.1 |
Blue-collar migrants | 178 | 17.1 | 23.3 |
Education Level | |||
Undergraduate or less | 895 | 86.5 | 87.5 |
Graduate/Professional | 140 | 13.5 | 12.5 |
Gender | |||
Male | 709 | 68.3 | 66.7 |
Female | 329 | 31.7 | 33.3 |
Age Group (Years) | |||
18–29 | 201 | 19.9 | 23.1 |
30–34 | 180 | 17.8 | 18.3 |
35–39 | 201 | 19.9 | 19.1 |
40+ | 428 | 42.4 | 39.5 |
Marital Status | |||
Married | 759 | 73.3 | 68.8 |
Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 48 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
Never married | 228 | 22.0 | 26.0 |
Employment Status | |||
Unemployed | 240 | 23.2 | 24.1 |
Employed | 796 | 76.8 | 75.9 |
Ethnicity | |||
Arab | 579 | 55.8 | 54.1 |
Non-Arab | 459 | 44.2 | 45.9 |
Living Arrangement | |||
Live with Others | 863 | 83.1 | 83.0 |
Live Alone | 175 | 16.9 | 17.0 |
Depression or Anxiety 1 | |||
Yes | 81 | 8.02 | 8.5 |
No | 928 | 92.0 | 91.5 |
Chronic Disease 2 | |||
Yes | 268 | 25.8 | 24.5 |
No | 770 | 74.2 | 75.5 |
COVID-19 Status 3 | |||
Yes | 85 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
No | 953 | 91.8 | 92.1 |
COVID-19 Related Death 4 | |||
Yes | 134 | 12.9 | 12.1 |
No | 904 | 87.1 | 87.9 |
Quarantine Status 5 | |||
Yes | 229 | 22.1 | 22.2 |
No | 809 | 77.9 | 77.8 |
COVID-19 Infection Concerns 6 | |||
Not at all concerned | 184 | 19.5 | 20.4 |
Not too concerned | 159 | 16.8 | 16.1 |
Somewhat concerned | 307 | 32.5 | 30.6 |
Very concerned | 295 | 31.2 | 32.9 |
Willing to Get the Vaccine 7 | |||
Accepting Group | 430 | 42.0 | 42.7 |
Hesitant Group | 475 | 46.4 | 45.2 |
Resistant Group | 118 | 11.5 | 12.1 |
Note. Total sample size N = 1038. Weighted percentages are calculated using survey weights and therefore differ from the unweighted or raw percentages. The number of respondents (n) reported for each variable corresponds to the unweighted sample. 1 Defined as a cut-off of 10 or more on Physician Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) or the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7); 2 Chronic disease defined by respondents’ endorsement of one of the following conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, heart disease, cancer or cancerous tumors, and disability (physical, visual, hearing); 3 Defined as positive if the respondent reported positive status confirmed by a test; 4 Defined as the death of someone close due to COVID-19; 5 Defined as any experience of quarantine since the pandemic started; 6 Measuring the extent of concern about themselves or their family members contracting COVID-19 (not at all concerned, not too concerned, somewhat concerned, very concerned); 7 Willingness to get the vaccine was categorized into: vaccine accepting (strongly agree), vaccine hesitant (somewhat agree, neutral, somewhat disagree), and vaccine resistant (strongly disagree).