Table 4.
Factors associated with attitude of students towards COVID-19
| List of variable | Category of variables |
Attitude levels | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Positive (%) |
Negative (%) |
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| Age category | 16–20 | 87(37.8) | 79(44.4) | 0.76(0.51, 1.13) | 0.62(0.37, 1.03) |
| (in years) | > 20 years | 143(62.2) | 99(55.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Residence | Urban | 150(65.2) | 103(57.9) | 1.36(0.91, 2.04) | 1.15(0.71, 1.85) |
| Rural | 80(34.8) | 75(42.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Sex of participants | Females | 124(53.9) | 90(50.6) | 1.14(0.77, 1.69) | 1.37(0.85, 2.20) |
| Males | 106(46.1) | 88(49.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Marital status | Single | 208(90.4) | 152(85.4) | 1.62(0.88, 2.96) | 2.78(1.15, 6.68)* |
| Married | 22(9.6) | 26(14.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Education | Diploma (TVET) | 93(40.4) | 122(68.5) | 0.31(.21, 0.47) | 0.27(0.17, 0.42)* |
| enrollment type | Degree (first) | 137(59.6) | 56(31.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Program | Regular | 214(93.0) | 163(91.6) | 1.23(0.59, 2.56) | 1.26(0.48, 3.27) |
| Extension | 16(7.0) | 15(8.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Field of study | Health related | 110(47.8) | 123(69.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Business | 91(39.6) | 38(21.3) | 2.67(1,69, 4.23) | 1.58(0.85, 2.94) | |
| Technology | 29(12.6) | 17(9.6) | 1.91(0.99, 3.66) | 2.26(0.95, 5.41) | |
| Academic year | Year I | 73(31.7) | 78(43.8 | 1.29(0.49, 3.38) | 2.18(0.76, 63) |
| Year II | 118(51.3) | 62(34.8) | 2.62(1.01, 6.84) | 4.44(1.55, 12.68)* | |
| Year III | 31(13.5) | 27(15.2) | 1.58(0.55, 4.49) | 1.77(0.57, 5.44) | |
| Year IV+ | 8(3.5) | 11(6.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Family size | < 5 | 114(49.6) | 84(47.2) | 1.11(0.74, 1.62) | 1.46(0.91, 2.34) |
| 5+ | 116(50.4) | 94(52.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Living with; | Family | 194(84.3) | 146(82.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Relatives | 14(6.1) | 14(7.9) | 0.75(0.35, 1.63) | 0.47(0.18, 1.22) | |
| Alone | 11(4.8) | 10(5.6) | 0.83(0.34, 2.01) | 0.67(0.22, 2.04) | |
| Others+ | 11(4.8) | 8(4.5) | 1.03(0.41, 2.64) | 0.84(0.27, 2.66) | |
| Monthly income for | < 1000 | 195(84.8) | 154(86.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| education (in ETB) | 1000–1500 | 30(13.0) | 17(9.6) | 1.39(0.74, 2.62) | 2.22(0.93, 5.26) |
| > 1500 | 5(2.2) | 7(3.9) | 0.56(0.18, 1.81) | 0.78(0.19, 3.14) | |
| Knowledge | Poor | 47(20.4) | 77 43.3) | 0.34(0.22, 0.52) | 0.31(0.19, 0.48)* |
| Good | 183(79.6) | 101 (56.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Key: COR- Crude Odds Ratio, AOR- Adjusted Odds Ratio, * - P-value < 0.05, Others+: friends, sister-in-law and son-in-laws.