Table 3 Attitude of educated Syrian adults towards COVID-19 pandemic, 2022
Attitude | Gender | Age | Education | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male (%) | Female (%) | < 20 (%) | 20–29 (%) | 30–40 (%) | > 40 (%) | Middle School (%) | High School (%) | Graduates (%) | Postgraduate (%) | ||
Self-isolation when feeling sick | |||||||||||
 Yes | 229 (56.1) | 56 (50) | 173 (58.4) | 18 (40.9) | 94 (58.8) | 34 (46.6) | 83 (63.4) | 6 (60.0) | 18 (52.9) | 141 (58.3) | 64 (52.5) |
 Maybe | 19 (4.7) | 9 (8) | 10 (3.4) | 5 (11.4) | 6 (3.8) | 5 (6.8) | 3 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (14.7) | 11 (4.5) | 3 (2.5) |
 No | 37 (9.1) | 17 (15.2) | 20 (6.8) | 3 (6.8) | 10 (6.3) | 10(13.7) | 14 (10.7) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (2.9) | 14 (5.8) | 21 (17.2) |
 As need | 123 (30.1) | 30 (26.8) | 93 (31.4) | 18 (40.9) | 50 (31.3) | 24 (32.9) | 31 (23.7) | 3 (30.0) | 10 (29.4) | 76 (31.4) | 34 (27.9) |
 Total | 408 |  | |||||||||
 Pearson Chi-Square P - value | 0.008* | 0.027* | 0.006* | ||||||||
Pandemic impact on life | |||||||||||
 Yes | 183 (44.9) | 47 (42.0) | 136 (45.9) | 15 (34.1) | 72 (45.0) | 30 (41.1) | 66 (50.4) | 5 (50.0) | 10 (29.4) | 110 (45.5) | 58 (47.5) |
 No | 120 (29.4) | 44 (39.3) | 76 (25.7) | 11 (25.0) | 47 (29.4) | 25 (34.2) | 37 (28.2) | 4 (40.0) | 8 (23.5) | 68 (28.1) | 40 (32.8) |
 Maybe | 61 (15.0) | 12 (10.7) | 49 (16.6) | 14 (31.8) | 26 (16.3) | 9 (12.3) | 12 (9.2) | 1 (10.0) | 11 (32.4) | 39 (16.1) | 10 (8.2) |
 Neutral | 44 (10.8) | 9 (8.0) | 35 (11.8) | 4 (9.1) | 15 (9.4) | 9 (12.3) | 16 (12.2) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (14.7) | 25 (10.3) | 14 (11.5) |
 Total | 408 |  | |||||||||
 Pearson Chi-Square P - value | 0.039* | 0.07 | 0.064 | ||||||||
Attitude towards face masks and its effectiveness | |||||||||||
 Must be worn (%) | 211 (51.7) | 60 (53.6) | 151(51.0) | 20 (45.5) | 72 (45.0) | 40 (54.8) | 79 (60.3) | 6 (60.0) | 18 (52.9) | 115 (47.) | 72 (59.0) |
 Does not protect (%) | 89 (21.8) | 31 (27.7) | 58 (19.6) | 12 (27.3) | 31 (19.4) | 19 (26.0) | 27 (20.6) | 3 (30.0) | 10 (29.4) | 51 (21.1) | 25 (20.5) |
 Confirm importance not committed (%) | 108 (26.5) | 21 (18.8) | 87 (29.4) | 12 (27.3) | 57 (35.6) | 14 (19.2) | 79 (19.1) | 1 (10.0) | 6 (17.6) | 76 (31.4) | 25 (20.5) |
 Total | 408 |  | |||||||||
 Pearson Chi-Square P - value | 0.049* | 0.023* | 0.148 | ||||||||
Dealing with an infected household member | |||||||||||
 Cautiously (%) | 276 (74.2) | 69 (69.7) | 207 (75.8) | 30 (76.9) | 110 (74.3) | 41 (61.2) | 95 (80.5) | 8 (80.0) | 22 (71.0) | 161 (72.9) | 85 (77.3) |
 Indifferently (%) | 60 (16.1) | 23 (23.2) | 37 (13.6) | 7 (17.9) | 16 (10.8) | 21 (31.3) | 95 (13.6) | 2 (20.0) | 5 (16.1) | 33 (14.9) | 20 (18.2) |
 Avoided (%) | 36 (9.7) | 7 (7.1) | 29 (10.6) | 2 (5.1) | 22 (14.9) | 5 (7.5) | 7 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (12.9) | 27 (12.2) | 5 (4.5) |
 Total | 372 |  | |||||||||
 Pearson Chi-Square P - value | 0.063 | 0.001* | 0.357 | ||||||||