Table 2.

Risk perception odds ratio estimates (OR¹ and OR) and OR 95% confidence interval (95% C.I. OR) of the multiple logistic regression model

	Risk Perception
	Worried about COVID19				Perceived suspebitblity (likely to be infected)				Perceived severity (expect at least a moderate infection)
Socio-demographic factors	OR1	OR	95% C.I.OR	p-value	OR1	OR	95% C.I.OR	p-value	OR1	OR	95% C.I.OR	p-value
Age Group
18–24
25–34	1.04	0.878	(0.628–1.226)	0.445	1.32**	0.866	(0.641–1.168)	0.345	0.90	0.796	(0.603–1.049)	0.105
35–44	0.84*	0.621	(0.415–0.929)	0.020	1.24*	0.638	(0.447–0.912)	0.014	0.7**	0.600	(0.45–0.8)	< 0.001
45–54	0.47**	0.366	(0.234–0.571)	< 0.001	1.17	0.623	(0.417–0.931)	0.021	0.69**	0.659	(0.473–0.92)	0.014
55–64	0.58**	0.436	(0.258–0.737)	0.002	0.87	0.438	(0.271–0.707)	0.001	0.61**	0.537	(0.351–0.822)	0.004
65 years old and above	0.34**	0.313	(0.17–0.574)	< 0.001	0.65*	0.410	(0.224–0.75)	0.004	0.82	1.275	(0.733–2.215)	0.390
Gender
Female	1.54**	1.704	(1.375–2.111)	< 0.001	0.97				0.96
Marital status
Single
Married	0.92	1.586	(1.155–2.179)	0.004	1.18*	1.522	(1.157–2)	0.003	0.87*
Separated/ Divorced	0.67*	0.938	(0.551–1.6)	0.816	1.5*	1.988	(1.22–3.24)	0.006	0.76*
Widowed	0.70	0.846	(0.273–2.619)	0.771	1.06	1.706	(0.577–5.044)	0.334	0.65
Educational or Work- related Qualification
PhD
Until Secondary/Equivalent	1.99**				0.57**	0.524	(0.349–0.788)	0.002	1.28*	1.217	(0.811–1.825)	0.342
Pre-Univ.Diploma	1.56**				0.36**	0.340	(0.218–0.531)	< 0.001	1.22	1.413	(0.932–2.141)	0.104
University	1.68**				0.68**	0.600	(0.458–0.785)	< 0.001	1.49**	1.503	(1.154–1.957)	0.003
High Diploma	1.74*				0.89	0.807	(0.41–1.587)	0.534	0.62*	0.686	(0.338–1.392)	0.296
Master	1.7**				1.01	0.852	(0.638–1.137)	0.276	1.68**	1.765	(1.326–2.35)	< 0.001
Nationality
Saudi	1.77**	1.433	(1.076–1.909)	0.014	1.01				1.22*
Employment
Unemployed/Not working/Other
Working/Student full time	1.25*	1.512	(1.11–2.059)	0.009	1.74**	1.348	(1.029–1.767)	0.030	1.67**	1.756	(1.348–2.287)	< 0.001
Working part time	1.36*	1.630	(1.037–2.561)	0.034	1.13	0.981	(0.66–1.458)	0.926	1.01	1.077	(0.73–1.591)	0.708
Retired	0.97	1.772	(1.055–2.976)	0.031	0.97	1.039	(0.643–1.679)	0.876	1.06	0.985	(0.616–1.577)	0.951
Healthcare worker	1.2*				1.73**	1.659	(1.304–2.111)	< 0.001	1.11
Gross Household Income
Under 1333 USD per month
1333 USD to 2666 USD per month	0.82	0.836	(0.468–1.496)	0.547	1.21	1.231	(0.772–1.96)	0.382	1.09	1.160	(0.732–1.837)	0.527
2666.67 USD to 3999.74 USD per month	0.84	0.885	(0.507–1.544)	0.666	1.43*	1.485	(0.956–2.307)	0.078	1.07	1.167	(0.757–1.799)	0.483
4000 USD to 5333.07 USD per month	0.68*	0.721	(0.408–1.275)	0.261	1.6**	1.440	(0.912–2.272)	0.117	0.90	1.061	(0.677–1.663)	0.795
5333.34 USD to 6666.41 USD per month	0.46**	0.462	(0.257–0.831)	0.010	2.05**	1.926	(1.19–3.116)	0.008	1.01	1.159	(0.72–1.865)	0.543
6666.67 USD and over per month	0.55**	0.582	(0.339–0.999)	0.050	1.84**	1.681	(1.094–2.582)	0.018	1.53**	1.838	(1.203–2.808)	0.005
Don’t know/ Prefer not to say	0.58**	0.639	(0.373–1.095)	0.103	1.16	1.190	(0.774–1.83)	0.429	0.81	0.833	(0.546–1.272)	0.398
Perceived Current State of Health
Fairly or Very poor/ Prefer not to say
Very good	2.29**	1.639	(0.961–2.796)	0.070	1.29				1.53*	1.674	(1.015–2.761)	0.044
Fairly good	1.94**	1.321	(0.748–2.334)	0.338	1.53*				2.42**	2.407	(1.416–4.092)	0.001
Neither good or poor	6.5**	4.098	(1.566–10.723)	0.004	1.88*				2.76**	2.803	(1.371–5.732)	0.005
At Least One Chronic Health Conditions Currently	1.05				1.11*				1.45**	1.445	(1.207–1.729)	< 0.001
Chronic Condition in Members of the Household or Those Under Your Care	1.29**				1.25**	1.268	(1.06–1.517)	0.010	1.25**
At Least One Respiratory/ Cold/ Flu-like Symptom	1.18*	1.247	(0.973–1.597)	0.081	1.38**	1.439	(1.171–1.769)	0.001	1.36**	1.213	(0.984–1.496)	0.070

*p-value <  0.20; ** p-value <  0.05. The first categories are the references. OR¹: odds ratio estimate by univariable logistic model. OR odds ratio estimate by multivariable logistic model