Table 5 Association with Attitude and demographic/ enabling factors

Age

18–27

123

54

0.26

28–37

84

53

38–47

39

24

48 and above

13

5

Gender

Male

167

63

< 0.001

Female

96

73

Marital status

Married

154

92

0.12

Unmarried

108

42

Divorced

0

1

Widow

1

1

Designation

HA

90

28

< 0.001

AHW

56

31

ANM

49

48

Nursing staff

11

8

PHO

16

3

Others

41

18

Firstly, known Information about COVID-19

Social medias (FB/Twitter/ YouTube/ Instagram)

104

33

0.002

Television/ radio

144

100

Friends and relatives

6

1

scientific journals

9

2

working province

Province 2

86

37

0.01

Bagmati

114

46

Gandaki

5

1

Karnali

50

48

Sudurpaschim

8

4

Education level

Master

31

14

0.09

Bachelor

67

35

PCL

117

48

TSLC

48

39

Monthly income

25 K–35 K

128

56

0.184

35 K–45 K

52

40

45 K–55 K

42

20

Above 55 K

41

20

Orientation on COVID-19

Yes

54

28

0.99

No

209

108

Working hours in a week

<=40

82

37

0.411

> 40

181

99

Extra allowance provided

Yes

60

34

0.626

No

203

102

Support from palika

Excellent

11

6

0.309

Good

164

87

Poor

58

21

very Poor

30

22

Sufficient equipment and medicines available at health facilities

Yes

123

60

0.615

No

140

76

Palika level COVID-19 Response team

Yes

191

90

0.001

No

21

2

Don’t know

51

44