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Table 2 Demographics of Sub-Saharan Africans living in Africa and in the diaspora with their mean (standard deviation) scores for the perceived risk of contracting COVID-19

From: Risk perception of COVID-19 among sub-Sahara Africans: a web-based comparative survey of local and diaspora residents

Variables

Local SSA

Scores

P-value

Diaspora SSA

Scores

P-value

Demography

 Age category in years, n = 1818(b)

 

  18–28

722

20.0 (8.1)

0.003

52

20.7 (8.1)

0.371

  29–38

476

21.3 (7.3)

 

47

20.2 (7.5)

 

  39–48

393

21.3 (7.7)

 

31

18.3 (8.9)

 

  49+

227

21.6 (7.1)

 

13

22.5 (5.6)

 

 Sex, n = 1822

  Males

1002

21.0 (7.6)

0.394

80

21.0 (7.0)

0.118

  Females

820

20.7 (7.9)

 

62

18.9 (8.8)

 

 Marital status, n = 1825

  Married

793

21.1 (7.4)

0.293

70

20.1 (8.2)

0.929

  Not marrieda

1032

20.7 (8.0)

 

73

20.2 (7.7)

 

 Education status, n = 1827 (b)

  Postgraduate education (Masters /PhD)

576

21.3 (6.8)

< 0.001

56

20.4 (7.7)

0.918

  Bachelor education

861

21.1 (7.8)

 

64

20.1 (8.2)

 

  Secondary/Primary education

390

19.1 (9.0)

 

23

19.5 (7.2)

 

 Employment status, n = 1830

  Employed

1200

21.1 (7.5)

0.040

97

19.8 (7.7)

0.462

  Not employed

630

20.3 (8.2)

 

46

20.9 (8.3)

 

 Religion, n = 1825

  Christianity

1605

20.8 (7.7)

0.510

136

20.2 (7.8)

0.802

  Others

220

21.2 (7.6)

 

7

19.4 (9.6)

 

 Occupation, 1753

  Non-health care sector

1357

20.6 (7.8)

0.109

111

19.6 (8.1)

0.743

  Health care sector

396

21.3 (7.8)

 

34

20.2 (8.9)

 

Household factors

 Do you live alone during COVID-19, n = 1826

  No

1483

20.8 (7.6)

0.864

117

20.0 (7.8)

0.860

  Yes

343

20.9 (8.1)

 

26

20.3 (8.6)

 

 Number living together, n = 1650 (b)

  1–3 people

466

20.9 (7.5)

0.866

36

18.9 (8.9)

0.249

  4–6 people

870

20.7 (7.9)

 

37

17.5 (10.2)

 

  6+ people

314

21.0 (7.7)

 

26

21.3 (6.4)

 

Public Attitude towards mitigation measures

 Practiced self-isolation, n = 1644

  No

1141

22.8 (4.7)

0.390

83

21.9 (5.3)

0.871

  Yes

503

23.0 (5.1)

 

50

21.8 (5.7)

 

 Practiced home quarantine, n = 1641

  No

989

22.8 (4.7)

0.814

91

21.7 (5.3)

0.496

  Yes

652

22.9 (4.9)

 

42

22.4 (5.9)

 

 Feeling about the self-isolation

  Anxious, n = 1463

   No

592

20.8 (7.7)

0.865

50

21.0 (6.8)

0.213

   Yes

871

20.7 (8.1)

 

62

19.0 (9.4)

 

  Bored, n = 1493

   No

444

20.7 (7.9)

0.990

30

19.9 (8.1)

0.897

   Yes

1049

20.7 (7.9)

 

87

20.1 (8.3)

 

  Frustrated, n = 1467

   No

704

20.7 (7.8)

0.982

63

20.5 (8.4)

0.657

   Yes

763

20.7 (8.2)

 

56

18.4 (8.2)

 

  Angry, n = 1418

   No

1098

20.8 (8.0)

0.692

88

22.4 (9.5)

0.283

   Yes

320

20.6 (7.8)

 

23

19.7 (9.2)

 

Knowledge scoresc

1855

7.2 (2.2)

 

150

7.2 (2.5)

 

Attitude scores

1855

13.7 (5.2)

 

150

14.0 (5.5)

 
  1. Abbreviation: COVID-19 Coronavirus diseases 2019
  2. For each variable, no of responses = 1969 otherwise indicated
  3. P-values are results of independent t-test and analysis of variance
  4. asingle, divorced and widowed
  5. bAnalysis of variance (ANOVA) was used
  6. ccontinuous variables