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. 2022 Mar;22(1):541–550. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i1.63

Table 1.

Socio-demographics of Male and Female Participants

Variables Male
n=486
Female
n=524
Total Chi-square
p value
Frequency (%) Frequency (%) (X2)
Age group
<25
>25
Mean ± SD =

465 (47.4)
21 (75.0)
22.43±3.221

517 (52.6)
7 (25.0)
21.28±2.523

982 (100)
28 (100)

X2= 35.386
p=< 0.001
Ethnicity
Yoruba
Igbo
Hausa
Edo
[1]Others

362 (48.9)
82 (46.6)
3 (3.0)
12 (42.9)
27 (55.6)

379 (51.1)
94 (53.4)
0 (0.0)
16 (57.1)
35 (66.8)

741 (100)
176 (100)
3 (100)
28 (100)
62 (100)

X2= 36.645
p= 0.223
Religion
Christianity
Islam
Others

400 (46.6)
80 (56.3)
6 (66.7)

459 (53.4)
62 (43.7)
3 (33.3)

859 (100)
142 (100)
9 (100)

X2= 5.913
p= 0.052
Institution
COMUI
CMUL
LASUCOM

169 (56.5)
182 (44.4)
135 (43.9)

130 (43.5)
228 (55.6)
166 (55.1)

299 (100)
410 (100)
301 (100)

X2= 12.028
p= 0.002
Level
Pre-clinical
Clinical

199 (48.5)
287 (47.8)

211 (51.4)
313 (52.2)

410 (100)
600 (100)

X2= 4.636
p= 0.328
Marital Status
Single
Married

478 (48.3)
8 (64.3)

511 (51.7)
13 (35.7)

989 (100)
21 (100

X2= 0.958
p= 0.619
Family Monthly income
<100,000
>100,000

258 (50.9)
228 (45.3)

249 (49.1)
275 (54.7)

507 (100)
503 (100)

X2= 3.425
p= 0.331
Have you ever been diagnosed with a
mental illness?
Yes
No


10 (34.5)
476 (48.5)


19 (65.5)
505 (51.5)


29 (100)
981 (100)


X2= 2.224
p= 0.136
Do you have a Relative/Acquaintance
with COVID-19
Yes
No


36 (35.3)
450 (49.6)


66 (64.7)
458 (50.4)


102 (100)
908 (100)


X2= 7.475
p= 0.006

Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, COMUI College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, CMUL College of Medicine, University of Lagos, LASUCOM Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.