Table 4.
Use of various channels as sources of COVID-19 information
| % reporting always using the following sources of information about COVID-19 | Female n = 1074 | (%) | Male n = 1066 | (%) | Total n = 2140 |
(%) | P values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social media | 728 | (67.8) | 692 | (64.9) | 1420 | (66.4) | 0.164 |
| Television programs/shows | 719 | (66.9) | 613 | (57.5) | 1332 | (62.2) | < 0.001 |
| Friends | 567 | (52.8) | 499 | (46.8) | 1066 | (49.8) | 0.011 |
| Internet | 537 | (50.0) | 517 | (48.5) | 1054 | (49.3) | 0.018 |
| Radio programs/shows | 444 | (41.3) | 393 | (36.9) | 837 | (39.1) | 0.006 |
| Spouse | 270 | (25.1) | 365 | (34.2) | 635 | (29.7) | < 0.001 |
| Government SMS’s | 284 | (26.4) | 282 | (26.5) | 566 | (26.4) | 0.884 |
| Work colleagues | 182 | (16.9) | 234 | (22.0) | 416 | (19.4) | < 0.001 |
| Acquaintances / neighbors | 134 | (12.5) | 156 | (14.6) | 290 | (13.6) | < 0.001 |
| Posters/print advert | 163 | (15.2) | 124 | (11.6) | 287 | (13.4) | < 0.001 |
| Books/magazines | 151 | (14.1) | 111 | (10.4) | 262 | (12.2) | 0.008 |
| Public health facility | 116 | (10.8) | 135 | (12.7) | 251 | (11.7) | < 0.001 |
| NGO provider | 126 | (11.7) | 121 | (11.4) | 247 | (11.5) | 0.15 |
| Public announcement with megaphone | 116 | (10.8) | 90 | (8.4) | 206 | (9.6) | < 0.001 |
| Private health clinic | 70 | (6.5) | 90 | (8.4) | 160 | (7.5) | 0.001 |
| Community health worker | 75 | (7.0) | 101 | (9.5) | 176 | (8.2) | < 0.001 |
| Church | 67 | (6.2) | 57 | (5.3) | 124 | (5.8) | 0.016 |
| Pharmacy | 45 | (4.2) | 61 | (5.7) | 106 | (5.0) | 0.055 |
| Community meetings/spaces | 36 | (3.4) | 37 | (3.5) | 73 | (3.4) | 0.013 |