Table 4. COVID-19 related attitudes and believes according to baseline characteristics.
| Believes COVID-19 is serious or very serious | Believes one can be infected | Is afraid of getting infected | Believes one can recover from COVID-19 | Believes prevention measures can stop transmission | Believes a healthy-looking person can carry the virus | Knows a close family member or friend infected or dead due to COVID-19 | Believes an infected family member should not be a secret | Best level of attitudes toward COVID-19 prevention | ||||||||||
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| n (%) | p | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | |
| Gender | *** | * | * | *** | *** | |||||||||||||
| Male | 508 (84.7) | 458 (76.3) | 437 (72.8) | 558 (93.0) | 480 (80.0) | 488 (81.3) | 70 (11.7) | 445 (74.2) | 459 (76.5) | |||||||||
| Female | 609 (83.9) | 424 (58.4) | 544 (74.8) | 652 (89.8) | 548 (75.5) | 492 (67.8) | 75 (10.3) | 550 (75.8) | 489 (67.4) | |||||||||
| Age | *** | ** | ** | ** | ||||||||||||||
| ≤ 24 | 105 (84.0) | 60 (48.0) | 87 (69.6) | 104 (83.2) | 98 (78.4) | 79 (63.2) | 10 (8.0) | 93 (74.4) | 75 (60.0) | |||||||||
| 25-35 | 282 (83.2) | 210 (61.9) | 249 (73.5) | 304 (89.7) | 257 (75.8) | 250 (73.7) | 31 (9.1) | 246 (72.6) | 233 (68.7) | |||||||||
| 36-49 | 350 (83.7) | 287 (68.7) | 306 (73.2) | 392 (93.8) | 320 (76.6) | 328 (78.5) | 50 (12.0) | 307 (73.4) | 302 (72.2) | |||||||||
| 50-64 | 246 (85.7) | 213 (74.2) | 221 (77.0) | 270 (94.1) | 234 (81.5) | 221 (77.0) | 38 (13.2) | 229 (79.9) | 224 (78.0) | |||||||||
| ≥ 65 | 102 (85.7) | 87 (73.1) | 90 (75.6) | 106 (89.1) | 91 (76.5) | 82 (68.9) | 13 (10.9) | 88 (73.9) | 87 (73.1) | |||||||||
| Religion of household head | *** | * | *** | |||||||||||||||
| Catholic | 340 (86.3) | 303 (76.9) | 315 (79.9) | 364 (92.4) | 310 (78.7) | 292 (74.1) | 55 (14.0) | 294 (74.6) | 309 (78.4) | |||||||||
| Protestant | 172 (82.7) | 145 (69.7) | 153 (73.6) | 193 (92.8) | 163 (78.4) | 158 (76.0) | 19 (9.1) | 164 (78.8) | 153 (73.6) | |||||||||
| Revival Church | 418 (83.3) | 294 (58.6) | 352 (70.1) | 454 (90.4) | 386 (76.9) | 374 (74.5) | 52 (10.4) | 372 (74.1) | 330 (65.7) | |||||||||
| Others | 188 (84.3) | 141 (63.2) | 162 (72.6) | 200 (89.7) | 170 (76.2) | 156 (70.0) | 19 (8.5) | 166 (74.4) | 157 (70.4) | |||||||||
| Education level | *** | ** | *** | *** | ||||||||||||||
| Low | 312 (84.8) | 216 (58.7) | 283 (76.9) | 323 (87.8) | 279 (75.8) | 212 (57.6) | 16 (4.3) | 277 (75.3) | 249 (67.7) | |||||||||
| Medium and high | 806 (84.0) | 667 (69.6) | 699 (72.9) | 888 (92.6) | 750 (78.2) | 768 (80.1) | 129 (13.5) | 719 (75.0) | 700 (73.0) | |||||||||
| Income terciles | ** | *** | *** | *** | ** | |||||||||||||
| 1st | 377 (83.2) | 279 (61.6) | 334 (73.7) | 395 (87.2) | 341 (75.3) | 277 (61.1) | 25 (5.5) | 337 (74.4) | 303 (66.9) | |||||||||
| 2nd and 3rd | 738 (84.9) | 602 (69.3) | 646 (74.3) | 812 (93.4) | 684 (78.7) | 700 (80.6) | 120 (13.8) | 656 (75.5) | 644 (74.1) | |||||||||
| Household size | ||||||||||||||||||
| ≤ 6 | 668 (84.1) | 542 (68.3) | 582 (73.3) | 723 (91.1) | 626 (78.8) | 583 (73.4) | 95 (12.0) | 592 (74.6) | 577 (72.7) | |||||||||
| ≥ 7 | 450 (84.4) | 341 (64.0) | 400 (75.0) | 488 (91.6) | 403 (75.6) | 397 (74.5) | 50 (9.4) | 404 (75.8) | 372 (69.8) | |||||||||
| Slum household | *** | *** | * | |||||||||||||||
| No | 597 (84.2) | 485 (68.4) | 527 (74.3) | 671 (94.6) | 550 (77.6) | 557 (78.6) | 89 (12.6) | 527 (74.3) | 515 (72.6) | |||||||||
| Yes | 517 (84.5) | 396 (64.7) | 452 (73.9) | 535 (87.4) | 474 (77.5) | 419 (68.5) | 56 (9.2) | 465 (76.0) | 431 (70.4) | |||||||||
Note.
* p-value < .05
** p-value < .01
*** p-value < .001