Table 3.
Factors associated with an attitude toward COVID-19 among the participants.
| Characteristics | Level of attitude |
p-value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good n (%) | Poor n (%) | |||
| Level of Attitude | 438 (58.0) | 317 (42.0) | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 227 (60.9) | 146 (39.1) | 1.22 | 1.2 (0.94–1.68) |
| Male | 211 (55.2) | 171 (44.8) | ||
| Age in years | ||||
| Below 25 | 326 (62.9) | 192 (37.1) | <0.001 | 1.89 (1.38–2.58) |
| 25 or above | 112 (47.3) | 125 (52.7) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Unmarried | 378 (60.3) | 249 (39.7) | <0.001 | 1.72 (1.17–2.52) |
| Married | 60 (46.9) | 68 (53.1) | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Health sector | 197 (62.5) | 118 (37.5) | 0.03 | 1.37 (1.02–1.85) |
| Non- Health sector | 241 (54.8) | 199 (45.2) | ||
| Monthly income of the family | ||||
| Below or equal to NRs. 40,000 (USD 310) | 112 (54.6) | 93 (45.4) | 0.28 | 0.82 (0.59–1.14) |
| Above NRs.40,000 (USD 310) | 326 (59.3) | 224 (40.7) | ||
| Family member in quarantine or isolation | ||||
| Yes | 41 (66.1) | 21 (33.9) | 0.18 | 1.45 (0.84–2.51) |
| No | 397 (57.3) | 296 (42.7) | ||