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. 2022 Jul 6;17(7):e0270761. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270761

Table 11. Levels of fear towards B.1.1.529.

Variables To what extent you are afraid of Omicron? X 2 p-value
Gender Least most Least Moderately Highly Extremely
Female 8 (3.7%) 12(5.6%) 50 (23.4%) 65 (30.4%) 79 (36.9%) 13.7 0.008
Male 14 (10.1%) 14(10%) 34 (24.5%) 46 (33.1%) 31 (22.3%)
Age group
18–27 7 (4.5%) 11 (7.1%) 36 (23.4%) 45 (29.2%) 55 (35.7%)
11

0.94
28–37 7 (5.9%) 8 (6.7%) 28 (23.5%) 42 (35.3%) 34 (28.6%)
38–47 6 (11.1%) 6 (11.1%) 14 (25.9%) 15 (27.8%) 13 (24.1%)
48–57 2 (12.5%) 1 (6.3%) 4 (25%) 4 (25%) 5 (31.3%)
58–67 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (16%) 3 (50%) 2 (33.3%)
≥ 68 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (25%) 2 (50%) 1 (25%)
Country
Indonesia 3 (1.9%) 11(7.1%) 38 (24.5%) 50 (32.3%) 53(34.2%)
73.8

0.001
Malaysia 2 (2.6%) 1 (1.3%) 7 (9%) 35 (44.9%) 33 (42.3%)
Pakistan 8 (14.8%) 4 (7.4%) 13 (24.1%) 12 (22.2%) 17 (31.5%)
KSA 1 (4%) 5 (20%) 7 (28%) 8 (32%) 4 (16%)
Others 8 (19.5%) 5 (12.2%) 19 (46.3%) 6 (14.6%) 3 (7.3%)
Academic Qualification
Primary 1 (5.3%) 0 (0%) 6 (31.6%) 7 (36.8%) 5 (26.9%) 14.2 0.20
Secondary 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (36.4%) 3 (27.3%) 4 (36.4%)
Graduation 5 (3.7%) 15 (11%) 26 (19.3%) 40 (29.6%) 49(36.3%)
Post-Grad 16 (8.5%) 11 (5.9%) 48 (25.5%) 61 (32.4%) 52 (27.7%)