Table 2.
Associations between participants’ characteristics and adopting COVID19 health behaviors, N = 1027.
| Variable | N | Statistic (SD) | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age‡ | 1027 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| Gender† | 0.75 | ||
| Female | 482 | 9.01 (1.08) | |
| Male | 545 | 8.99 (1.11) | |
| Nationality† | 0.81 | ||
| Saudi | 916 | 9 (1.10) | |
| Non-Saudi | 111 | 9.03 (1.08) | |
| Highest educational level†† | 0.000 | ||
| (a) ≤High school diplomac | 216 | 9.15 (1.05) | |
| (b) Bachelor’s degreec | 587 | 9.06 (1.02) | |
| (c) Graduate degreea,b | 224 | 8.70 (1.26) | |
| Employment status†† | 0.000 | ||
| (a) Studentsb,c | 62 | 8.52 (1.17) | |
| (b) Employeda | 815 | 9 (1.10) | |
| (c) Unemployeda | 150 | 9.19 (0.95) | |
| Family monthly income†† (SAR) | 0.000 | ||
| (a) ≤9000c,d | 246 | 9.26 (0.86) | |
| (b) 9001–15,000 | 234 | 9.03 (1.15) | |
| (c) 15,001–20,000a | 241 | 8.94 (1.14) | |
| (d) >20,000a | 306 | 8.82 (1.14) | |
| Chronic illness† | 0.25 | ||
| Yes | 264 | 8.94 (1.21) | |
| No | 763 | 9.03 (1.05) |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation; SAR, Saudi Arabian Riyal.
Superscript letters denote significance between values within the same variable at p < 0.05.
‡
Pearson correlation used to test for significance.
†
Independent t-test used to test for significance.
††
One-way ANOVA used to test for significance.