Diverging levels of COVID-19 governmental response satisfaction across middle eastern Arab countries: a multinational study

Table 3 Predictors of the satisfaction with governmental response score

Model	Simple linear regression		Multiple linear regression
Model	Beta	P^a	Beta	P^a
Citizenship
Citizen	Reference
Resident	0.088	< 0.001^b	0.107	< 0.001
Country	−1.17	0.05	−0.37	< 0.001
Sex
Men	Reference
Women	0.574	0.566	–	–
Age (years)	0.539	< 0.001^b	0.537	< 0.001
Education
Diploma or school level	Reference
University or graduate degrees	−0.039	< 0.001^b	−0.053	< 0.001
Income decreased
No	Reference
Yes	−0.137	< 0.001^b	−0.102	< 0.001
Previously infected with COVID-19
No	Reference
Yes	−0.179	< 0.001^b	− 0.172	< 0.001

^a Significance at p ≤ 0.05. All variables with p < 0.25 resulting from the univariate linear analysis were entered into a multiple linear regression model using backward stepwise analysis
^b Eligible for entry in multiple linear regression

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