Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population (n = 974).
| Characteristics | Total |
≤24 years |
>24 years |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| n (%) | 974 (100) | 473 (48.6) | 501 (51.4) | |
| Age (years), mean ± SD |
25.86 ± 6.26 |
21.34 ± 2.13 |
30.13 ± 5.87 |
<0.001 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 743 (76.3) | 352 (74.4) | 391 (78.0) | 0.184 |
| Female |
231 (23.7) |
121 (25.6) |
110 (22.0) |
|
| Marital Status | ||||
| Married | 291 (29.9) | 30 (6.3) | 261 (52.1) | <0.001 |
| Single |
683 (70.1) |
441 (93.2) |
234 (46.7) |
|
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 749 (77.0) | 326 (68.9) | 422 (84.6) | <0.001 |
| Rural |
224 (23.0) |
147 (31.1) |
77 (15.4) |
|
| Education | ||||
| SSC and below SSC | 58 (6.0) | 49 (10.4) | 9 (1.8) | <0.001 |
| HSC and undergraduate | 204 (20.9) | 172 (36.4) | 32 (6.4) | |
| Graduate and above |
712 (73.1) |
252 (53.3) |
460 (91.8) |
|
| Occupation | ||||
| Government job | 70 (7.2) | 2 (0.4) | 68 (13.6) | <0.001 |
| Non-government job | 178 (18.3) | 26 (5.5) | 152 (30.3) | |
| Housewife | 29 (3.0) | 3 (0.6) | 26 (5.2) | |
| Business | 42 (4.3) | 5 (1.1) | 37 (7.4) | |
| Student | 487 (50.0) | 406 (85.8) | 81 (16.2) | |
| Unemployed | 138 (14.2) | 27 (5.7) | 111 (22.2) | |
| Othersa |
30 (3.1) |
4 (0.8) |
26 (5.2) |
|
| Health care worker | ||||
| Yes | 106 (10.9) | 16 (3.4) | 90 (18.0) | <0.001 |
| No |
868 (89.1) |
457 (96.6) |
411 (82.0) |
|
| Monthly Income (BDT) | ||||
| ≤30000 | 495 (56.2) | 278 (68.0) | 217 (46.0) | <0.001 |
| >30000 |
386 (43.8) |
131 (32.0) |
255 (54.0) |
|
| Job Status | ||||
| Full time job | 196 (20.1) | 14 (3.0) | 182 (36.3) | <0.001 |
| Part time job | 53 (5.4) | 24 (5.1) | 29 (5.8) | |
| Lost job due to lockdown | 59 (6.1) | 24 (5.1) | 35 (7.0) | |
| Not applicable |
666 (68.4) |
411 (86.9) |
255 (50.9) |
|
| Business status | ||||
| Ongoing business | 31 (3.2) | 7 (1.5) | 24 (4.8) | 0.001 |
| Business closed for now | 64 (6.6) | 22 (4.7) | 42 (8.4) | |
| Lost investment | 9 (0.9) | 3 (0.6) | 6 (1.2) | |
| Not applicable |
870 (89.3) |
411 (93.2) |
429 (85.6) |
|
| Source of information regarding COVID-19 | ||||
| 627 (64.4) | 301 (63.6) | 326 (65.1) | 0.641 | |
| Other media | 347 (35.6) | 172 (36.4) | 175 (34.9) | |
p-value determined by Independent samples t test and Chi-square test where appropriate.
a
Other jobs include-intern, house tutor, day laborer, filmmaker, painter, freelancer, and self-employed physician.