Table 3.
Factors associated with good knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 among the teacher population.
| Characteristics | Knowledge | Attitude | Practice | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (%) | OR (95% CI) | P-value | Good (%) | OR (95% CI) | P-value | Good (%) | OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 410 (9.4) | 1.000 | 778 (10.8) | 1.000 | 738 (10.5) | 1.000 | |||
| Female | 3,949 (90.6) | 1.610 (1.380–1.879) | <0.001 | 6,424 (89.2) | 0.952 (0.758–1.194) | 0.668 | 6,287 (89.5) | 1.465 (1.190–1.805) | <0.001 |
| Age group (y) | |||||||||
| ≤ 30 | 2,099 (48.2) | 1.000 | 3,838 (53.3) | 1.000 | 3,696 (52.6) | 1.000 | |||
| 31–40 | 1,383 (31.7) | 1.540 (1.365–1.738) | <0.001 | 2,043 (28.4) | 0.907 (0.760–1.082) | 0.277 | 2,058 (29.3) | 1.175 (0.993–1.392) | 0.061 |
| 41–50 | 724 (16.6) | 1.823 (1.543–2.154) | <0.001 | 1,052 (14.6) | 1.145 (0.892–1.469) | 0.289 | 1,021 (14.5) | 1.222 (0.972–1.537) | 0.085 |
| >50 | 153 (3.5) | 1.294 (0.988–1.695) | 0.061 | 269 (3.7) | 1.142 (0.760–1.716) | 0.523 | 250 (3.6) | 0.974 (0.683–1.390) | 0.886 |
| Education level | |||||||||
| Junior high school or lower | 744 (17.1) | 1.000 | 1,254 (17.4) | 1.000 | 1,181 (16.8) | 1.000 | # | ||
| High school | 1,394 (32.0) | 1.220 (1.055–1.411) | 0.007 | 2,413 (33.5) | 1.346 (1.086–1.668) | 0.007 | 2,271 (32.3) | 1.250 (1.034–1.511) | 0.021 |
| Bachelor's degree | 1,856 (42.6) | 1.423 (1.196–1.694) | <0.001 | 2,919 (40.5) | 1.274 (0.986–1.646) | 0.064 | 2,941 (41.9) | 1.880 (1.482–2.384) | <0.001 |
| Master's degree or above | 365 (8.4) | 1.350 (1.071–1.702) | 0.011 | 616 (8.6) | 1.350 (0.961–1.897) | 0.083 | 632 (9.0) | 2.397 (1.709–3.360) | <0.001 |
| Education worksite | |||||||||
| Kindergarten | 2,216 (50.8) | 1.000 | 3,736 (51.9) | 1.000 | 3,563 (50.7) | 1.000 | |||
| Primary school | 1,414 (32.4) | 0.943 (0.830–1.072) | 0.373 | 2,307 (32.0) | 0.878 (0.724–1.065) | 0.187 | 2,286 (32.5) | 0.906 (0.755–1.086) | 0.285 |
| Secondary school | 729 (16.7) | 0.974 (0.822–1.154) | 0.758 | 1,159 (16.1) | 0.754 (0.588–0.966) | 0.026 | 1,176 (16.7) | 0.897 (0.700–1.148) | 0.388 |
| Years of teaching | |||||||||
| ≤ 2 | 1,143 (26.2) | 1.000 | 2,006 (27.9) | 1.000 | 1,920 (27.3) | 1.000 | |||
| 3–5 | 1,150 (26.4) | 0.956 (0.849–1.078) | 0.462 | 1,981 (27.5) | 0.893 (0.748–1.066) | 0.211 | 1,924 (27.4) | 1.032 (0.877–1.214) | 0.708 |
| 6–10 | 1,021 (23.4) | 0.937 (0.819–1.071) | 0.340 | 1,683 (23.4) | 1.002 (0.818–1.228) | 0.984 | 1,653 (23.5) | 1.106 (0.918–1.333) | 0.289 |
| >10 | 1,045 (24.0) | 1.025 (0.861–1.219) | 0.783 | 1,532 (21.3) | 0.972 (0.751–1.256) | 0.826 | 1,528 (21.8) | 1.113 (0.871–1.421) | 0.392 |
OR, odds ratios; CI, confidence interval.
#
P for trend <0.05.