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Table 1 Summary of demographic variables

From: Chinese public’s knowledge, perceived severity, and perceived controllability of COVID-19 and their associations with emotional and behavioural reactions, social participation, and precautionary behaviour: a national survey

 

N

%

Biological sex

 Male

1265

27.5

 Female

3342

72.5

Educational level

 Junior middle school and below

79

1.7

 High school degree

343

7.4

 College degree

810

17.6

 Bachelor degree

3129

67.9

 Master degree

217

4.7

 Doctoral degree

29

.6

Current residential provinces

 Anhui Province

152

3.3

 Beijing

33

.7

 Chongqing

28

.6

 Fujian Province

223

4.8

 Gansu Province

31

.7

 Guangdong Province

1386

30.1

 Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

74

1.6

 Guizhou Province

110

2.4

 Hainan Province

20

.4

 Hebei Province

58

1.3

 Henan Province

108

2.3

 Heilongjiang Province

40

.9

 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

82

1.8

 Hubei Province

45

1.0

 Hunan Province

383

8.3

 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

18

.4

 Jilin Province

30

.7

 Jiangsu Province

124

2.7

 Jiangxi Province

1005

21.8

 Liaoning Province

28

.6

 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

16

.3

 Qinghai Province

92

2.0

 Shandong Province

101

2.2

 Shanxi Province

57

1.2

 Shaanxi Province

35

.8

 Shanghai

50

1.1

 Sichuan Province

62

1.3

 Tianjin

42

.9

 Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region

42

.9

 Yunnan Province

50

1.1

 Zhejiang Province

82

1.8

Self-reported current physical health condition

 Very poor

5

.1

 Poor

46

1.0

 Average

997

21.6

 Good

2160

46.9

 Very good

1399

30.4

Self-reported history of chronic physical diseases

 Yes

251

5.4

 No

4356

94.6

Self-reported history of psychiatric / psychological disorder

 Yes

39

.8

 No

4568

99.2

Relationship with COVID-19

 Healthy (not infected)

4499

97.7

 Other

108

2.3

Total

4607

100