Online survey of university students’ perception, awareness and adherence to COVID-19 prevention measures

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Population characteristics

Category	Variable	N	Percent
Gender	Male	257	40.0
Gender	Female	386	60.0
Race	White	465	72.3
	Asian or Pacific Islander	101	15.7
	Other or multiracial	77	12.0
Residency	In state	397	61.7
	Out of state	188	29.2
	International	58	9.0
College	Engineering	146	22.7
	Liberal Arts	56	8.7
	Health and Human Sciences	111	17.3
	Polytechnic Institute	55	8.6
	Science	69	10.7
	Other/more than one college	206	32.0
Class	Freshman	127	19.8
	Sophomore	125	19.4
	Junior	102	15.9
	Senior	101	15.7
	Graduate student	188	29.2
Know someone with COVID-19	No	132	20.5
	Family	37	5.8
	Friend	150	23.3
	Self	9	1.4
	Someone else	114	17.7
	Others/multiple	201	31.3
Aware of social events in violation of policy	Strongly disagree	109	17.0
	Somewhat disagree	108	16.8
	Neither agree nor disagree	121	18.8
	Somewhat agree	162	25.2
	Strongly agree	143	22.2
Level of concern about COVID-19	Not at all concerned	62	9.6
	Somewhat concerned	145	22.6
	Moderately concerned	240	37.3
	Very concerned	141	21.9
	Extremely concerned	55	8.6

ISSN: 1471-2458