Table 2.
Association of social behavior with educational status, health-care worker status, and reason for testing
| Social beliefs | Educational status | Health-care worker status | Testing | |||||||
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| Up to class 12th (n=81), n (%) | Graduation (n=30), n (%) | Postgraduation (n=11), n (%) | χ2 (P) | Health-care workers (n=17), n (%) | Nonhealth- care workers (n=105), n (%) | χ2 (P) | Asymptomatic (n=56), n (%) | Symptomatic (n=66), n (%) | χ2 (P) | |
| Blamed themselves for their disease | 33 (40.7) | 18 (60) | 3 (27.3) | 4.7 (0.09) | 9 (52.9) | 45 (42.8) | 0.6 (0.43) | 24 (42.9) | 30 (45.5) | 0.1 (0.8) |
| Blamed others for their disease | 32 (39.5) | 16 (53.3) | 4 (36.4) | 1.9 (0.38) | 5 (29.4) | 47 (44.7) | 1.4 (0.23) | 23 (41) | 29 (43.9) | 0.1 (0.7) |
| Felt ashamed after being diagnosed with COVID-19 | 6 (7.4) | 4 (13.3) | 1 (9.1) | 0.9 (0.62) | 1 (5.8) | 10 (9.5) | 0.2 (0.62) | 4 (7.1) | 7 (10.6) | 0.4 (0.5) |
| Has anyone told you the COVID-19 is your fault | 15 (18.5) | 2 (6.7) | 2 (18.2) | 2.4 (0.3) | 6 (35.3) | 13 (12.4) | 5.8 (0.02) | 5 (8.9) | 14 (21.2) | 3.5 (0.06) |
| Family and friends started behaving differently | 5 (16.7) | 3 (27.3) | 18 (22.2) | 0.7 (0.7) | 21 (20) | 5 (29.4) | 0.8 (0.4) | 15 (26.8) | 11 (16.7) | 1.8 (0.2) |
| Your behavior has changed | 5 (16.7) | 1 (9.1) | 10 (12.4) | 0.5 (0.8) | 12 (11.4) | 4 (23.5) | 1.9 (0.2) | 7 (12.5) | 9 (13.6) | 0.03 (0.9) |
COVID-19 – Coronavirus disease-2019