Variables | Categories | Knowledge | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
High | Low | |||
Age | 18–27 | 113 | 64 | 0.924 |
28–37 | 88 | 49 | ||
38–47 | 28 | 25 | ||
48 and above | 13 | 9 | ||
Gender | Male | 160 | 70 | 0.002 |
Female | 92 | 77 | ||
Marital status | Married | 142 | 104 | 0.008 |
Unmarried | 108 | 42 | ||
Divorced | 1 | 0 | ||
Widow | 1 | 1 | ||
Designation | HA | 81 | 37 | < 0.001 |
AHW | 56 | 31 | ||
ANM | 41 | 56 | ||
Nursing staff | 17 | 2 | ||
PHO | 16 | 3 | ||
Others | 41 | 18 | ||
Firstly, known Information about COVID-19 | Social medias (FB/Twitter/ youtube/ instagram) | 101 | 36 | < 0.001 |
Television/ radio | 134 | 110 | ||
Friends and relatives | 6 | 1 | ||
scientific journals | 11 | 0 | ||
working province | Province 2 | 86 | 37 | < 0.001 |
Bagmati | 111 | 49 | ||
Gandaki | 5 | 1 | ||
Karnali | 45 | 53 | ||
Sudurpaschim | 5 | 7 | ||
Education level | Master | 29 | 16 | < 0.001 |
Bachelor | 68 | 34 | ||
PCL | 121 | 44 | ||
TSLC | 34 | 53 | ||
Monthly income | 25 K–35 K | 118 | 66 | 0.005 |
35 K–45 K | 45 | 47 | ||
45 K–55 K | 44 | 18 | ||
Above 55 K | 45 | 16 | ||
Orientation on COVID-19 | Yes | 50 | 32 | 0.646 |
No | 202 | 115 | ||
Working hours in a week | <=40 | 74 | 45 | 0.793 |
> 40 | 178 | 102 | ||
Extra allowance provided | Yes | 57 | 37 | 0.562 |
No | 195 | 110 | ||
Support from palika | Excellent | 10 | 7 | 0.045 |
Good | 153 | 98 | ||
Poor | 60 | 19 | ||
very Poor | 29 | 23 | ||
Sufficient equipment and medicines available at health facilities | Yes | 131 | 121 | 0.259 |
No | 85 | 62 | ||
Palika level COVID-19 Response team | Yes | 179 | 102 | 0.879 |
No | 15 | 8 | ||
Don’t know | 58 | 37 |