Table 3 Perception of risk of COVID-19 infections
From: Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and the effects of COVID-19 among the youth in Kenya
Female n = 1083 | (%) | Male n = 1073 | (%) | Total n = 2156 | (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% of respondents who reported the following as being at risk of COVID-19 infection | |||||||
Elderly/over 50/over 60 | 681 | (62.9) | 692 | (64.5) | 1373 | (63.7) | 0.437 |
Sick/weak immune systems | 657 | (60.7) | 631 | (58.8) | 1288 | (59.7) | 0.379 |
People with TB | 438 | (40.4) | 444 | (41.4) | 882 | (40.9) | 0.658 |
People with HIV | 424 | (39.2) | 438 | (40.8) | 862 | (40.0) | 0.429 |
Pregnant women | 383 | (35.4) | 302 | (28.1) | 685 | (31.8) | < 0.001 |
Children | 278 | (25.7) | 252 | (23.5) | 530 | (24.6) | 0.239 |
Men | 125 | (11.5) | 127 | (11.8) | 252 | (11.7) | 0.832 |
People in cold countries | 114 | (10.5) | 131 | (12.2) | 245 | (11.4) | 0.218 |
Adolescents and youth | 109 | (10.1) | 122 | (11.4) | 231 | (10.7) | 0.327 |
Women | 93 | (8.6) | 88 | (8.2) | 181 | (8.4) | 0.747 |
Everyone | 77 | (7.1) | 76 | (7.1) | 153 | (7.1) | 0.981 |
Dot know/ no response | 6 | (0.6) | 10 | (0.9) | 16 | (0.7) | 0.307 |
% of respondents who reported different risk levels (self) of COVID-19 infection | 1062 | 1048 | 2110 | ||||
Low risk | 322 | (30.3) | 289 | (27.6) | 611 | (29.0) | 0.467 |
Medium risk | 406 | (38.2) | 414 | (39.5) | 820 | (38.9) | |
High risk | 267 | (25.1) | 288 | (27.5) | 555 | (26.3) | |
No Risk | 29 | (2.7) | 27 | (2.6) | 56 | (2.7) | |
Do not know, no response | 38 | (3.6) | 30 | (2.9) | 68 | (3.2) | |
Low or no risk | 351 | (33.1) | 316 | (30.2) | 667 | (31.6) | 0.137 |
Reason for perceived self-low risk | 351 | (%) | 316 | (%) | 667 | (%) | |
I am young | 25 | (7.1) | 38 | (12.0) | 63 | (9.4) | 0.031 |
God protects me | 74 | (21.1) | 89 | (28.2) | 163 | (24.4) | 0.034 |
The hot weather/climate | 16 | (4.6) | 28 | (8.9) | 44 | (6.6) | 0.025 |
COVID is not in Africa/Kenya | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.3) | 2 | (0.3) | 0.941 |
I have not travelled | 154 | (43.9) | 135 | (42.7) | 289 | (43.3) | 0.764 |
I am not a Caucasian | 1 | (0.3) | 4 | (1.3) | 5 | (0.7) | 0.143 |
COVID is a lie | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.1) | 0.292 |
Do not know, no response | 35 | (10.0) | 28 | (8.9) | 63 | (9.4) | 0.624 |
Logistic regression model | # of observations n = 2100 | ||||||
Perception of low or no Risk | OR | P value | Confidence interval | ||||
Gender (ref: Female) | 1.1 | 0.416 | 0.896 | 1.303 | |||
Education; (ref: College education | 0.85 | 0.174 | 0.689 | 1.06 | |||
Employment status: ref.: no employment | |||||||
Formal employment | 0.77 | 0.028 | 0.615 | 0.973 | |||
Self-employed | 0.75 | 0.033 | 0.588 | 0.978 | |||