Table 2 Adherence to COVID-19 precautionary health behavior according to sociodemographic characteristics of the students of health sciences university in Princess Nourah University, 2020 (n = 286)
Characteristics | Study groups | Total No. (%) | 𝛘2 test | P value | OR (95%CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Level of adherence to precautionary behavior | ||||||
Satisfactory No. (%) | Unsatisfactory No. (%) | |||||
Age groups(years) | ||||||
≤ 20 | 68 (61.8) | 42 (38.2) | 110 (38.5) | 2.89 | .24 | 1 |
21–22 | 57 (57.6) | 42 (42.4) | 99 (34.6) | 1.19(0.66-2.16) | ||
≥ 23 | 38 (49.4) | 39 (50.6) | 77 (26.9) | 1.66(0.88-3.13) | ||
χ ± SD | 21.6±2.5 | |||||
Year finished in college | ||||||
1st year | 27 (77.1) | 8 (22.9) | 35 (12.2) | 10.1 a | .018* | 1 |
2nd year | 73 (55.3) | 58 (44.7) | 132 (46.2) | 0.72 (0.39–1.33) | ||
3rd year | 45 (59.2) | 31 (40.8) | 76 (26.6) | 0.77 (0.39–1.50) | ||
4th year | 118 (41.9) | 25 (58.1) | 43 (15.0) | 0.59 (0.24–1.22) | ||
Type of college | ||||||
CHSR | 78 (56.5) | 60 (43.5) | 138 (48.3) | 4.54 a | .324 | 1 |
Medicine | 24 (58.5) | 17 (41.5) | 41 (14.3) | 2.22 (1.16–4.24) | ||
Density | 18 (66.7) | 9 (33.3) | 27 (9.4) | 0.65 (0.25–1.66) | ||
Pharmacy | 13 (72.2) | 5 (27.8) | 18 (6.3) | 0.50 (0.15–1.62) | ||
Nursing | 30 (48.4) | 32 (51.6) | 62 (21.7) | 1.39 (0.73–2.64) | ||
Marital state | ||||||
Married | 18 (57.8) | 17 (42.2) | 35 (12.2) | 0.51 | .59 | 1 |
Not married | 145 (51.4) | 106 (48.6) | 251 (87.8) | 1.29 (0.64–2.62) | ||
Having children | ||||||
No | 160 (59.9) | 107 (40.1) | 267 (93.4) | 14.05 | < .001* | 1 |
Yes | 3 (15.8) | 16 (84.2) | 21 (6.6) | 7.97 (2.26–28.77) | ||
Family income (SR ): | ||||||
< 10,000 | 46 (55.4) | 37 (44.6) | 83 (29.0) | 3.66 | .16 | 1 |
10,000–20,000 | 66 (64.1) | 37 (35.9) | 103 (36.0) | 0.70 (0.37–1.31) | ||
> 20,000 | 51 (51.0) | 49 (49.0) | 100 (35.0) | 1.19 (0.64–2.24) | ||
Total | 163 (57.0) | 123 (43.0) | 286 (100.0) | |||