Knowledge, attitude and perception of West Africans towards COVID-19: a survey to inform public health intervention

Table 2 Knowledge score of the respondents and multiple linear regression on factors associated with COVID-19 knowledge

Variables		Knowledge score (%)	Coefficients ± SE	p -value
Country of residence	Nigeria	68.50 ± 8.23	-0.649 ± 0.137	0.000
	Ghana	68.33 ± 7.57
	The Gambia	69.06 ± 8.68
	Senegal	66.86 ± 8.39
	Liberia	69.47 ± 8.86
	Other WAC	62.03 ± 8.70
	Outside WA	70.49 ± 7.75
Gender	Male	67.88 ± 8.72	0.388 ± 0.635	0.32
Gender	Female	68.44 ± 8.20		0.32
Age group	≤ 20	68.37 ± 7.94	0.395 ± 0.319	0.86
	21 – 30	68.27 ± 8.89
	31 – 40	67.90 ± 8.31
	41 and above	68.63 ± 7.61
Area description	Urban	69.58 ± 8.33	0.444 ± 0.373	0.05
	Rural	69.36 ± 8.11
	Suburban	68.01 ± 8.11
Religious affiliation	Christian	67.83 ± 9.61	1.010 ± 0.645	0.75
	Islam	69.77 ± 9.46
	Others	29.29 ± 3.57
Educational status	Senior Secondary	29.30 ± 3.63	2.104 ± 1.475	0.07
	Tertiary	33.50 ± 3.32
	Vocational	29.67 ± 3.64
Occupation	Student	29.19 ± 3.58	2.104 ± 1.475	0.06
	Public/Private servant	28.00 ± 4.63
	Unemployed	29.70 ± 3.51
	Health Professionals	68.31 ± 8.61
Marital Status	Single	67.98 ± 8.31	-0.187 ± 0.660	0.63
Marital Status	Married	69.65 ± 7.65		0.63

WA West African, WAC West African Countries; Religion (Others): Traditional religion and no response; Marital status (Others): Divorced, widowed and separated

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