Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants (n = 399)
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–27 | 177 | 44.4 |
28–37 | 137 | 34.3 | |
38–47 | 63 | 15.8 | |
48 and above | 22 | 5.5 | |
399 | 100.0 | ||
Gender | Male | 230 | 57.6 |
Female | 169 | 42.4 | |
399 | 100 | ||
Marital status | Married | 246 | 61.7 |
Unmarried | 150 | 37.6 | |
Divorced | 1 | 0.3 | |
Widow | 2 | 0.5 | |
100 | |||
Designation | HA | 118 | 29.6 |
AHW | 87 | 21.8 | |
ANM | 97 | 24.3 | |
Nursing staff | 19 | 4.8 | |
PHO | 19 | 4.8 | |
Others | 59 | 14.8 | |
399 | 100 | ||
Firstly, known Information about COVID-19 | Socialmedias (FB/Twitter/ YouTube/ Instagram) | 137 | 34.3 |
Television/ radio | 244 | 61.2 | |
Friends and relatives | 7 | 1.8 | |
scientific journals | 11 | 2.8 | |
399 | 100 | ||
Working province | Province 2 | 123 | 30.8 |
Bagmati | 160 | 40.1 | |
Gandaki | 6 | 1.5 | |
Karnali | 98 | 24.6 | |
Sudurpaschim | 12 | 3.0 | |
399 | 100 | ||
Education level | Master | 45 | 11.3 |
Bachelor | 102 | 25.6 | |
PCL | 165 | 41.4 | |
TSLC | 87 | 21.8 | |
399 | 100 | ||
Monthly income | 25 K–35 K | 184 | 46.1 |
35 K–45 K | 92 | 23.1 | |
45 K–55 K | 62 | 15.5 | |
Above 55 K | 61 | 15.3 | |
399 | 100 | ||
Orientation on COVID-19 | Yes | 82 | 20.6 |
No | 317 | 79.4 | |
399 | 100 | ||
Extra allowance provided | Yes | 94 | 23.6 |
No | 305 | 76.4 | |
399 | 100 | ||
Working hours in a week | <=40 | 119 | 29.8 |
> 40 | 280 | 70.2 | |
399 | 100 | ||
Support from palika | Excellent | 17 | 4.3 |
Good | 251 | 62.9 | |
Poor | 79 | 19.8 | |
very Poor | 52 | 13.0 | |
399 | 100 | ||
Palika level COVID-19 Response team | Yes | 281 | 70.4 |
No | 23 | 5.8 | |
Don’t know | 95 | 23.8 | |
399 | 100 |